Debtwatch Podcast Now Up and Running

Published in November 23rd, 2007

Posted by Steve Keen in Debtwatch, Media Coverage

The Debtwatch Podcast is now operational. To hear the first interview, download it, and/or subscribe to the monthly feed via Itunes or similar software, please click on the link below:
DebtWatch Podcast
To subscribe directly, simply copy and paste the link below into your podcast software:
Â http://www.debtdeflation.com/podcast/debtwatch.xml
Thanks again to Cameron Media Technology for providing this service.

Debtwatch Goes Podcast

Published in November 22nd, 2007

Posted by Steve Keen in Debtwatch, Media Coverage

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By the kind auspices of Stuart Cameron of Cameron Media Technology Pty Ltd, Debtwatch is now going “pod”. Each month’s report will be accompanied by an interview, which will be available for download and subscription via Itunes (etc.).
Â The first podcast, which discusses the “Experience can be misleading” election special report, can be accessed here. Shortly [...]

Experience can be misleading

Published in November 20th, 2007

Posted by Steve Keen in Debtwatch

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A major issue in this election campaign has been experience. Both parties accept that experience as an economic manager matters, and Howard and Costello regard it as their one trump card.But experience can be misleading if it teaches a rote set of behaviours, and then circumstances suddenly change. The colonisation of Australia almost failed because [...]

Both Are a Plague on Our Houses

Published in November 15th, 2007

Posted by Steve Keen in Debtwatch

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Today’s blog was published as a feature “A lose-lose election for home buyers” by The Age Business. Click here to download this post as a PDF file (with charts).
Both Liberal and Labor housing policies will make Australia’s debt and housing affordability crises worse. The only difference between the two is how much damage they will [...]

Deflated changes in Wages and Debt: 7.30 Report Data

Published in November 8th, 2007

Posted by Steve Keen in Australia, Data, Debtwatch, Media Coverage

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Tables like the ones below take my breath away when I see them for the first time–because the story they tell is worse than any I would have dared make up. As I noted in the interview with Kerry O’Brien on the 7.30 Report, real wages have increased since 1990, and since Australia’s last election [...]

Data for 7.30 Report Interview coming soon…

Published in November 7th, 2007

Posted by Steve Keen in Debtwatch, Media Coverage

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I provided a number of comparisons of real wages, mortgage payments, interest rates and the like in my interview on the 7.30 Report this evening. I’ll post a table containing those data by tomorrow morning.
If you’re a new visitor and would like to receive my Debtwatch Report, which Kerry mentioned in tonight’s interview, please click [...]