People & associates
John Roskam
Rudd's rush is unseemly
In the past few days we've learnt that Kevin Rudd doesn't much like what he calls ‘‘free-market fundamentalism''. It seems, though,...
Wage rises will cost jobs
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. These words of wisdom came from Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama's chief of staff, last November. Rahm...
Business plays the patsy
What are business organizations for? Do they exist so their chief executives can sit on government advisory boards and have afternoon cocktails at...
Talking down v acting up
There's an old saying: ‘‘If you keep your head while all those around you are losing theirs, you don't understand the situation.'' It's...
NZ gets its ACT together
New Zealand's electoral system might be completely incomprehensible, but it does have some benefits. At the election last weekend, the ACT party,...
Rudd's questionable call
Maybe Kevin Rudd has a sense of humour after all. Or maybe events are getting to him. Or maybe he genuinely believes that he should be left alone...
Rudd fails leadership test
It's the end of another week of - alternately - financial fear, hope, and then despair. Everyone is asking: ‘‘How bad will it get?''...
Farewell to politics of plenty
These days there's not too much talk about a soft landing for the global economy. The descriptions of the landing we can now hope for from the...
Chance for lucky Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has an opportunity to seize the initiative against a deteriorating economic outlook, writes John Roskam. If there's such a thing...
Blame ETS on business
Two weeks ago the Business Council of Australia released a report on the impact of an emissions trading scheme (ETS). Fourteen companies in the...