Tag Archives: Inequality

Australia’s Productivity Roundtable: Putting health and wellbeing first

All employers are in the extraction business, not just those in the ‘resources’ industry. The resource all employers mine is their people  – specifically their ideas, energy and time – ‘just’ the most personal and precious of our resources which define us as human beings. Some workplaces have a culture where this mining is doneContinue reading “Australia’s Productivity Roundtable: Putting health and wellbeing first”

Xcap

Noun. Short for Extreme capitalist. Antonym of woke. Someone with an unshakeable faith in and support for: manipulated markets to transfer wealth from the poor and vulnerable to the wealthy Elite; small government and thus limited to zero social safety nets and social justice programs (such as universal health and DEI initiatives); greed and selfishnessContinue reading “Xcap”

Shrinking Islands Of Prosperity

I wrote the following article a fortnight ago and, as I do sometimes, I sat on it to ponder whether I might just be going ‘too’ far and that I might be seen as ‘extreme’ … and then news of this breaks on 6 December Australian time … Brian Thompson’s killing sparks outrage over stateContinue reading “Shrinking Islands Of Prosperity”

Queenslanders Better Hope Billy Be Woke

Preface: I wrote this article while overseas when I left the country two days after the failed Referendum. In saying that I am well aware of my privilege in being able to escape the issues that lie behind the failed Referendum, not only in being fortunate enough to afford to travel, but also in not carryingContinue reading “Queenslanders Better Hope Billy Be Woke”

The Great Reset: Investment implications

The investment strategy is the same irrespective of whether our socioeconomic system is now ‘Extreme Capitalism’ or ‘Technofeudalism’ In founding MacroEdgo my intention was that investment analyses and macroeconomics would be major themes of my writing along with general observations on socioeconomic and broader philosophical themes. COVID-19 changed that as investing took a back seatContinue reading “The Great Reset: Investment implications”

Alter Edgo and His Bloody Woke Kid: Series 1

Series 1 of “Alter Edgo and His Bloody Woke Kid” was filmed and produced August to September 2023 in the shadow of the looming Australian referendum on a constitutional Voice for First Nations peoples. Eleven episodes (released weekly) and 3 specials – including 2 post-season ‘backgrounders’ – were produced, with the final special released 14Continue reading “Alter Edgo and His Bloody Woke Kid: Series 1”

Pernicious Envy

“The world is not driven by greed. It is driven by envy”. Charlie Munger, Feb 2022, aged 98, Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway, Chairman Daily Journal Company, Billionaire, Genius. The pandemic-time reflecting that I first foresaw in February and March 2020 and discussed here at MacroEdgo revolves a great deal around envy. Envy has become integralContinue reading “Pernicious Envy”

To Reset To a Compassion Culture A New Global Formal Greeting Is Necessary

In organisational and formal social culture, nothing speaks more to an imperialist white-supremecist patriarchal system based on domination than the handshake. There is so much social expectation and perception associated with the handshake. Virtuallly every person living in a western nation has had the feeling of having their hand twisted into a more passive positionContinue reading “To Reset To a Compassion Culture A New Global Formal Greeting Is Necessary”

The Great Reset: An explainer

After walking amongst humanity for a while, cycles beyond the seasons or clothing and hairstyles become noticeable. These cycles are noticeable also in political beliefs, and although that can seem boring to understand, it’s important because the political system affects all of us. Perhaps the most important political cycle that affects everyone is the balanceContinue reading “The Great Reset: An explainer”