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Tag Archives: brexit
Upcoming QMCA breakfast presentation on the Qld economic outlook for 2019
On Friday 8 February, I will present on Queensland’s economic outlook at the Queensland Major Contractors Association’s first breakfast event for 2019. With all the uncertainty in the global economy, it’s been a very interesting holiday period, and I’ll include … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Macroeconomy, Mining, Retail trade, Uncategorized
Tagged brexit, buildingapprovals, health, mining, ndis, qld, qldeconomy, qldtreasury, qmca, queensland, retailtrade, tourism
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Upcoming celebration of bicentenary of Ricardo’s Principles of Political Economy and Taxation on Wednesday 19 April
Wednesday next week, the 19th of April, will be the bicentenary of the publication of the hugely influential Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by the English classical economist and stockbroker David Ricardo (1772-1823). It was a book that revolutionised … Continue reading
Posted in Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged brexit, esaqld, fortitudevalley, freetrade, globalisation, gpo, qut, ricardo, trade, trump
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2016 brought big surprises, but a comparison to 1848 seems overblown
In his thought-provoking review of the year of Trump and Brexit (After the revolt comes uncertainty), the Weekend Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan observes: “…2016 may well be seen by historians as a year of fundamental pivot, of a change … Continue reading
Posted in Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged 1848, 2016, 2017, brexit, revolution, trump, us, yearofrevolutions
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Upcoming ESA Qld event: How economics improved the world in 2016
2016 has not been a good year for economics. Brexit and the US Presidential election result both implied a rejection of free trade and free markets by large numbers of people in the UK and US. Economists have learned that … Continue reading
Posted in qut, Retail trade, Uncategorized
Tagged brexit, economics, economist, esaqld, freemarkets, freetrade, hayek, qld, retailtrade, tradinghours, uk, us
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Brexit impact depends on terms of divorce with EU
At the Tattersall’s race meeting at Eagle Farm today, I was fortunate to run into Morgans Chief Economist Michael Knox, and we had a good chat about, unsurprisingly, what everyone else is talking about, Brexit. Michael reminded me that he … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brexit, britain, eu, immigration, migration, uk
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