Explanations Articles
Dollars and sense
Joseph Heath's Filthy Lucre is an antidote to glib pop economics, writes James Robertson.
Questions For Hilditch - But He's Not Talking
CAMERON WHITE. No Jason Krejza until the last Test. Cameron White. Beau Casson hung out to dry for the heinous crime of being left-handed. Cameron White. Bryce McGain at the age of 36. Cameron White. Stuart Clark relieved of his services. And Cameron White. These were the most puzzling decisions..read more
Do-gooders Helped Make The Mess
Complicated outcomes rarely, if ever, have simple explanations. There was merit in Kevin Rudd's speech last Friday in which he condemned financial greed. However, it is to be hoped the Prime Minister does not really believe the international financial crisis can be totally attributed to what he termed the "extreme..read more
Panic Hints At Problem Ahead
ONE word summed up the veritable torrent of selling on trading floors yesterday: capitulation. It was a kind of widespread panic rarely seen in the sharemarket, one that defied rational explanations, and it underscored the depth of the problem that lies ahead.
Dealers' Excuses Rejected
A JUDGE rejected yesterday explanations given by two drug traffickers that they had acted naively, one out of a desire to help his mother financially and the other to fund a $1000-a-week drug habit.