With this regular blog I investigate on-going trends in the global economy to develop a deeper understanding of the social workings of our World.

Up until the 1970’s predominately all new comers to Australia were white Europeans, with over half coming from the U.K. but some also from Italy and Greece.   The countries politicians recognised the labour shortage that existed at the time and actively sought migration by schemes such as the “assisted passage scheme” which heavily subsidised travel,… Read more

The statistics show that after the financial crisis of 2008 youth (15-24 years) unemployment in Australia rose from 8.78% to 11.43%.   There has been no recovery, although there has been a monotonic but slow decrease from a peak in 2014 of 13.29% to 12.21% in 2018.  The unemployment level is over twice the level for… Read more