Archive for ‘March, 2010’

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Mar26

Growing like Topsy

by Cassander on March 26th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Posted In: Debtwatch

My Walk to Mt Kosciuszko is no longer a solitary affair: at last count, I will have a dozen companions for the entire distance, and another 16 joining me for at least one day.

One of those coming for the entire trip is the Commentary Editor from Business Spectator, Rob Burgess. Rob will report from …

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Mar14

Final T-Shirts

by Cassander on March 14th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Posted In: Debtwatch

After extensive and much appreciated critical feedback on the draft designs, this blog entry showcases the three T-Shirt designs I’m producing for the Walk to Kosciuszko.

Each has the words “I was hopelessly wrong on house prices. Ask me how” as required by the bet. Each also has a graphical answer to the question:

Timing;
Our Debt Bubble; and
Government …

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Mar11

Everyone’s a critic…

by Cassander on March 11th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Debtwatch

Thanks for all the feedback on the T-Shirt designs for my forthcoming walk from Parliament House to Mt Kosciuszko. I must admit I was a bit surprised by how many people were opposed to the distorted text, but I take the point (of course, there were some who were strongly in favour of it).

And …

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Mar10

T-Shirts for Kosciousko

by Cassander on March 10th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Posted In: Debtwatch

As is widely known, I will be walking from Australia’s Parliament House to Mount Kosciousko–a distance of 225km–as the result of losing part of a bet with a well-known “bull” on property in Australia, Rory Robertson. I am obliged to wear a T-Shirt with the words “I was hopelessly wrong on house prices: ask me …

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Mar07

Debtwatch Association Meeting March 9

by Cassander on March 7th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Posted In: Debtwatch

Several members have pointed out that I got the month wrong: the meeting to form the Association will take place this coming Tuesday–which is March 9, not April 9 as I first posted here.

My apologies for the confusion. In any case, it looks like quite a few people were able to see past my …

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Mar06

Talking About the Blog II

by Cassander on March 6th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Posted In: Debtwatch

Last month I gave a talk about the blog at Swinburne University of Technology, at the invitation of one of the blog’s most active members, Dr Matt Mitchell. Swinburne’s video of the talk is below, and it neatly melds my talk and the presentation I gave:

The volume will appear too low when you hear Matt’s …

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Mar04

Establishing an Association

by Cassander on March 4th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Posted In: Debtwatch

This is mainly of interest to Sydney members: I need to form an Association, primarily to administer the funds that have been raised via donations to this blog (and also www.keenwalk.com.au).

Donations have totalled over A$10,000 so far, and while I had thought this raised no income liability for me, I have been informed that …

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Mar01

Debtwatch No. 43: Declaring victory at half time

by Cassander on March 1st, 2010 at 10:41 am
Posted In: Debtwatch

Note: the first part of this post will mainly be of interest just to Australian readers, but I conclude with a numerical explanation of “Why Debt-Deflation Causes Depressions” that will be of interest to readers everywhere.

Last week I took part in a debate entitled “The Great Residential Housing Debate – the next Bubble or …

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Mar01

Adam Schwab’s Pigs at the Trough

by Cassander on March 1st, 2010 at 7:22 am
Posted In: Debtwatch

Adam Schwab has followed up his many columns on Crikey with a book on the pillage of Australian companies by Ponzi financiers and incompetent executives. Some of the companies mismanaged and in many cases fleeced by these once high-flying executives no longer exist–but the executives are still “high flyers” since the crash of their …

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