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• Singapore economy on the way up again

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 533
  Author: K. Kesavapany, ISEAS, Singapore Singapore was the first East Asian casualty of last year’s Global Financial Crisis. Its growth rate plunged from 7.8 per cent in 2007 to 1.1 per cent in 2008. The trade ministry said Singapore’s economy would see a contraction between 2.5 and 2 per cent in 2009 before ...
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• Two strikes against ‘extreme capitalism’

  
  Larvatus Prodeo — Authority: 515
  As Derek Barry observes in a comprehensive post , the Productivity Commission has weakened its recommendations on corporate governance and remuneration. Business groups were reportedly complaining about ‘risk’ and ‘uncertainty’. (Intriguingly, those appear to be two of the most common litanies of lamentation ...
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• Rebranding capitalism

  
  Larvatus Prodeo — Authority: 515
  There’s an interesting link in a recent post by John Quiggin; discussion among folks he terms market liberals about eschewing the term ‘capitalism’. I can well remember when it came back into fashion as a descriptor beloved of triumphalist neo-liberals, and I think Quiggin is spot on with these observations: ...
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• Open Democracy’s retrospective and prospective look at the decade/s

  
  Larvatus Prodeo — Authority: 515
  Open Democracy has asked a range of its contributors to answer the following questions: A volcanic decade in global politics ends amid deep unease about the world’s ability to rise to key 21st-century challenges. openDemocracy writers draw breath and look ahead by reflecting on three questions: 1) What was the ...
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• Mickey Factz – the dark pheonix #ALPHA [free EP]

  
  Vinyl Meltdown — Authority: 487
  I’ve been real excited about this project since it was first announced. And Mickey did a great job of keeping the project mysterious until yesterday when he dropped it. So I can honestly say, I didn’t know what to expect from this project. But even with all my speculations, I wasn’t expecting something this well ...
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• Wed 15:50 - Are we headed for a Ushaped recovery (slowly climbing again) or a W - with recovery, but then slide again? ... (audio)

  
  Australian Broadcasting Corp. | abc.net.au — Authority: 819
  Savanth Sebastian, Senior Economist with ComSec tells Shon Walker hes optimistic 2010 will see an upward trend for the international economy
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• First home buyers led the way in ‘09 – Brisbane Times

  
  Real Estate Buzz — Authority: 151
  First home buyers led the way in 09 Brisbane Times Despite this, Real Estate Institute of Queensland CEO Dan Molloy said Brisbanes property market survived the GFC “pretty much unscathed”. … See more here: First home buyers led the way in ‘09 – Brisbane Times
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• Construction industry building up – Trenchless International

  
  Real Estate Buzz — Authority: 151
  Construction industry building up Trenchless International KPMGs National Sector Leader for Real Estate and Construction Steven Gatt said “There is a perception that the GFC has devastated the construction industry … and more
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• Australia avoids the crisis, by luck and good management

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 533
  Author: Ian Buchanan, Crawford School, ANU Australia has emerged as the world’s strongest performing advanced economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. While the US unemployment rate is the highest it has been since 1983, at 10.2 per cent, the latest forecasts from the Australian Treasury have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Super funds set to celebrate double-digit returns for 2009 calendar year

  
  SuperGuide.com.au — Authority: 128
  Rating company, SuperRatings, expects the balanced options of Australia’s major super funds to deliver an investment return after fees and taxes of between 10% and 12% for the 2009 calendar year. More on this later. Before I expand on this prediction, I want to explain how the reporting of fund returns works, ...
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• Eight big ambitions every marketer must have in 2010

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 610
  Few would argue with the fact that the world has changed dramatically in the last 12 months. However, because Australia has been spared the worst excesses of the GFC, I feel there is a creeping complacency amongst Australian marketers.    A sense prevails that things are returning to ‘normal’ and we can get ...
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• 2010 World Architecture report released

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 129
  Building Design has just released its 2010 World Architecture report and it has some interesting findings. The some of the world’s architecture firms have shrunk due the Global Financial Crisis while others have increased in size due to the growth of cities in Asia. Building Design states The world’s biggest ...
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• Why the world needs fiscal stimulus

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 533
  Author: Max Corden, University of Melbourne Plenty of people have argued against fiscal stimuli. ‘Don’t call the ambulance!’, they say. Usually these have been political conservatives, but in the United States, strong opposition has also come from some influential economists. In some cases similar arguments ...
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• Menu for Hope 6 - American Wagyu Beef by Morgan Ranch

  
  Gastronomic Fight Club - Mischief. Mayhem. Soup. — Authority: 92
  Most of our long time readers by now are familiar with our end of the year fund raising efforts for Menu for Hope. For those not familiar, let me briefly explain. At the end of each year, food bloggers across the globe have united to run a world wide raffle to raise money for charity. The UN World Food Programme ...
  3 weeks ago

• Wealth and Illth

  
  that Young philosopher — Authority: 118
  Well, folks, we can all relax: according to the US Federal Reserve not long ago, the world economy is ‘leveling out’. Break out the bubbly, take out that second mortgage, and shift the kids back from Garden Variety High to Golden Grammar School – the markets are happy again. Never mind that many government and ...
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• Obamas Big Sellout

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 720
  Taibbi-filter: Obamas Big Sellout Whats taken place in the year since Obama won the presidency has turned out to be one of the most dramatic political about-faces in our history. Elected in the midst of a crushing economic crisis brought on by a decade of orgiastic deregulation and unchecked greed, Obama had a ...
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• Mickey Factz – The Lost Exhibit

  
  Vinyl Meltdown — Authority: 487
  Mickey quietly announced his upcoming album Alpha (dropping New Year’s Day) but it has already been picking up a lot of buzz around the net. To quiet some people down and get others talking even more, the GFCNY blog dropped this track. The track uses the beat from Jay Electronica’s Exhibit A. Mickey definitely ...
  3 weeks ago

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