Author Archives: macroedgo

This is my Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak update for today, 9 April. Note that I specifically exclude New Zealand from the context of the title of this post as they are led by a courageous leader in Jucinda Ardern who has been prepared to make genuinely difficult decisions. With what has occurred in China and EuropeContinue reading “Anglophone Politicians Have Learnt Nothing”

I quote this particular update so frequently that I thought it prudent to have it in a separate post for quick and easy access. It also adds perspective to a great many aspects of the pandemic. Note that as of today I wrote this update 47 days ago. Then there had only been 1 deathContinue reading “Redux: MacroEdgo’s Coronavirus Update of 11 February”

Why are our right wing political “followers” so reluctant to choose society over economy – people over money – saving lives over more deaths? The answer is simple… Because their political power comes from the elites, the people who use their power within society to get what they want from it damn others, the peopleContinue reading “People Before Money”

The ordering of this investment theme after the environmental theme was intentional. While the first theme – geopolitics – plays a part, in my mind climate change will be the primary cause of defence-related spending going forward. Some of this defence spending will be humanitarian in recognising the need for multi-national responses to increased climateContinue reading “Investment Theme: Defence and Military Spending”

The majority of material in this report was the basis of Coronavirus (COVID-19) update 22 March. For me, it tells the story of Australia’s response thus far to COVID-19. Independently, these disparate data and opinion pieces add up to damning evidence in support of what I have argued on this site for 6 weeks thatContinue reading “Australian “Followship””

The world is at war. Not within humanity but against a common foe – a disease, and more specifically the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. That makes it difficult for families to decide what is best for them, especially with regards to important decisions around schooling for children. On these pages I have beenContinue reading “The First Victim of War is the Truth”

Something has been in the back of my mind – a nagging concern – that I did not really want to acknowledge even to myself. This is a new viral disease to humanity. The very basics are barely understood such as what type of disease does it cause and how severe is it, how doesContinue reading “COVID-19 Elephants in the Room”

OK, I have tried to be a “team player” and not be (seen to be) alarmist but it’s time to start YELLING (well talk sternly, anyhow). It seems that I am not alone in feeling like this (actually, I have noticed that I am getting a regular reader from Switzerland, and I have noticed anContinue reading “No, She Won’t Be Alright Mate”

This is an article that I always intended to write on my site. I just never imagined that it would be this poignant, no, critical for Australians… It is January 2001 and I am sitting in the office of my then boss, Dr Bernie Robinson, in the Edmund Barton Building in Canberra along with hisContinue reading “Politics and Biosecurity”