Garry Shilson-Josling
@econogarry.bsky.social
Spent 40 years with “economist” on my business card. Very disappointed with the quality of economic discourse these days.
Yes the entity that’s spent the past seven decades trying to destroy Palestinian society won’t try to find another excuse to continue doing exactly the same. Clearly.
August 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Yes the entity that’s spent the past seven decades trying to destroy Palestinian society won’t try to find another excuse to continue doing exactly the same. Clearly.
I didn’t realise almost all the energy from the sun comes in the form of light.
May 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I didn’t realise almost all the energy from the sun comes in the form of light.
Yes. I never thought much about this until I built a deck, and used polycarbonate that block almost all heat radiation but let lots of light through. Big mistake. It was like an oven - I ripped the polycarbonate off and replaced it with the whitest Colorbond I could buy.
May 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Yes. I never thought much about this until I built a deck, and used polycarbonate that block almost all heat radiation but let lots of light through. Big mistake. It was like an oven - I ripped the polycarbonate off and replaced it with the whitest Colorbond I could buy.
Unfortunately, double-glazing can make Australian homes hotter in summer.
May 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Unfortunately, double-glazing can make Australian homes hotter in summer.
Great example of a dangling participle.
May 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Great example of a dangling participle.
At what point does America being run like a business change to America being run like one of Trump’s businesses and he decides not to pay America’s debts? Default on Treasuries anyone?
May 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
At what point does America being run like a business change to America being run like one of Trump’s businesses and he decides not to pay America’s debts? Default on Treasuries anyone?
Let’s call it what it is: gun-owner violence.
May 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Let’s call it what it is: gun-owner violence.
The Liberals and Nationals got trashed because of their rubbish or absent policies. They are now doing some difficult soul searching about why they were unable to convince people to vote for them, and how they can convince people to vote for their rubbish or absent policies in future elections.
May 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The Liberals and Nationals got trashed because of their rubbish or absent policies. They are now doing some difficult soul searching about why they were unable to convince people to vote for them, and how they can convince people to vote for their rubbish or absent policies in future elections.
Rent control is the answer to something.
The ALP should have negotiated with the Greens in 2009.
Immigration has no effect on housing prices and rents because banh mi is nice you racist.
Theres 3.
BTW I am by no rusted-on. In many significant respects I am profoundly disappointed with the ALP.
The ALP should have negotiated with the Greens in 2009.
Immigration has no effect on housing prices and rents because banh mi is nice you racist.
Theres 3.
BTW I am by no rusted-on. In many significant respects I am profoundly disappointed with the ALP.
May 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Rent control is the answer to something.
The ALP should have negotiated with the Greens in 2009.
Immigration has no effect on housing prices and rents because banh mi is nice you racist.
Theres 3.
BTW I am by no rusted-on. In many significant respects I am profoundly disappointed with the ALP.
The ALP should have negotiated with the Greens in 2009.
Immigration has no effect on housing prices and rents because banh mi is nice you racist.
Theres 3.
BTW I am by no rusted-on. In many significant respects I am profoundly disappointed with the ALP.
That’s very funny. Can you do one for the Greens too?
May 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
That’s very funny. Can you do one for the Greens too?
I share your pain.
April 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I share your pain.
You are not making any rational arguments, just throwing out insults. So goodbye.
April 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You are not making any rational arguments, just throwing out insults. So goodbye.
Stalin used to set quotas for arrests too. There’s nothing new under the sun.
April 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Stalin used to set quotas for arrests too. There’s nothing new under the sun.
This is pretty much irrelevant because Dutton has said he doesn’t want housing prices to fall. (And that of course means he wants rents to stay high too.)
April 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is pretty much irrelevant because Dutton has said he doesn’t want housing prices to fall. (And that of course means he wants rents to stay high too.)
They would only be in trouble from a cash flow perspective if they lost their ability to service their debt by becoming unemployed. Their net wealth would fall no doubt, but in order to prevent that from happening you are happy for multiple generations of Australians to be unable to afford housing
April 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
They would only be in trouble from a cash flow perspective if they lost their ability to service their debt by becoming unemployed. Their net wealth would fall no doubt, but in order to prevent that from happening you are happy for multiple generations of Australians to be unable to afford housing
It’s only an asset if you own it. If you don’t it’s just something you can’t afford to live in.
April 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s only an asset if you own it. If you don’t it’s just something you can’t afford to live in.
Some banks would need to raise capital and some investors would be in financial trouble. The price for avoiding this is multi-generational housing poverty for millions. That’s not a matter of naïveté, it’s a morally repugnant political choice.
April 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Some banks would need to raise capital and some investors would be in financial trouble. The price for avoiding this is multi-generational housing poverty for millions. That’s not a matter of naïveté, it’s a morally repugnant political choice.
Precariously indebted because borrowing the full amount is beyond their capacity to service the debt. Thats why the scheme is being proposed. The “will not push prices higher” argument is a red herring because both parties have said they don’t want prices to fall but to rise.
April 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Precariously indebted because borrowing the full amount is beyond their capacity to service the debt. Thats why the scheme is being proposed. The “will not push prices higher” argument is a red herring because both parties have said they don’t want prices to fall but to rise.
Allowing home buyers to become precariously indebted in order to buy a home is not “help”. Both parties have clearly stated that they want to keep housing prices high & rising. They can do that, or make housing more affordable, but they can’t do both. Their efforts to pretend otherwise are pathetic.
April 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Allowing home buyers to become precariously indebted in order to buy a home is not “help”. Both parties have clearly stated that they want to keep housing prices high & rising. They can do that, or make housing more affordable, but they can’t do both. Their efforts to pretend otherwise are pathetic.
Well feel free to enlighten me. In any case I am talking about its effect not the rationale behind it.
April 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Well feel free to enlighten me. In any case I am talking about its effect not the rationale behind it.