“You will always be a child of two worlds, and fully capable of deciding your own destiny,” Spock’s father Sarek tells him in the latest Star Trek movie. Which brings us to Australia’s place in this emerging new world order. Which place will it be? De-industrialised deadbeat debtor or something else?
May 27th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued Our DR Global Editions: 
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An article from the age nearly 2 years ago...
http://news.theage.com.au/business/mortgage-stress-could-grip-1m-aussies-20080424-28av.html
2 year old article.. House prices have increased, number of loans ...
Stillgotshoeson | 22Mar10 | More -
hmmm.... some very interesting thoughts.
I don't know how some people think China, India, Australia will be fine in the the ...
prozak | 22Mar10 | More -
Hi Justin. I personally don't think anything will extinguish debt, other than perhaps war or currency inflation. The Euro can ...
Sambo | 22Mar10 | More -
Fekete an extremist!?
I think not, the extremists are those passing off debt as the 'ultimate extinguisher of debt'. How can ...
Justin | 22Mar10 | More -
Nobody that is incorporated globally wants to confront the liquidation. There isn't any sovereign or corporation to call in ...
Ross | 22Mar10 | More -
I'd agree that 40 years is too far ahead, SV. Even ten is a stretch of the imagination.
SV: "...if more ...
Biker Pete | 22Mar10 | More -
SV - yeah maybe, but I'd still rather be on the owning side of the situation.
Dan | 22Mar10 | More -
Alas, the lessons will STILL go unlearned by the financial sector. Every single time they are bailed out or 'too ...
Sambo | 22Mar10 | More -
BP: re: AMP loan. Some drop. State Custodians offer 5.89%, 0.6% cheaper.
Dan: doesn't your scenario actually mean "We'll all be ...
SV | 22Mar10 | More -
The population just hit 22,200,000. It's growing at 2.1% per year. Skill shortages (already looming) will necessitate increased migration, whether ...
Biker Pete | 22Mar10 | More
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An article from the age nearly 2 years ago...
http://news.theage.com.au/business/mortgage-stress-could-grip-1m-aussies-20080424-28av.html
2 year old article.. House prices have increased, number of loans ...
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