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    JOTD

    Last week I started a Sky Media Buzzword Bingo with my wife. You cross off the words on the card as the presenter says them and the first to get a complete line wins. Consists of the usual standards - Woke, Lefty, The Left, Pronouns*, The Greens, China, The ABC, Trump, Biden, Identity politics...
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    JOTD

    They've even got "Illegal activities" covered.
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    JOTD

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    JOTD

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    JOTD

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    JOTD

    What's the joke? I just see a dad trying to be a good parent to a baby.
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    JOTD

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    Privatisation Harms Economy

    Noting of course that true privatisation doesn't include monopoly clauses or strictly regulated prices and conditions. Last year's Wesconnex sale had a clause that built in that mandated toll increases by the minimum of 4% a year or CPI, whichever was larger. WTF?!?
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    Privatisation Harms Economy

    See the Utopia episode on this (Season 3 - Clause For Concern I think).
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    Size matters? Stacking Silver

    This probably sounds complicated, but over the years I've leant towards things that are priced between 1-4 days of the median Australian wage (assuming a 5-day work week) - with me leaning toward 1-2 days for silver and 3-4 days for gold. Premiums are typically reasonable and they (generally)...
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    Trade Wars

    Awesome. I so want my restaurant to have these.
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    WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

    BTW The amount of arable land isn't a fixed quantity. Australia arable land in: - 1961 = 3.929% - 2015 = 6.004% Israel arable land in: - 1961 = 14.695% - 2015 = 13.734% World arable land in: - 1961 = 9.693% - 2015 = 10.991% Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.ARBL.ZS
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    WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

    Yeah. In the ACT's case it's because the parasites can only suck so much blood from the rest of the country before the host starts to die.
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    WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

    Lots of great content throughout but I like the section at 45mins till about 49mins.
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    Hyperinflation when you have debt

    Theoretically, yes. Borrowers win and lenders lose due to a hyperinflationary event, particularly borrowers on fixed interest loans. The catch is that you'll have to be in a position to repay your outstanding mortgage when the time comes. Some considerations: 1. Initially the bank's interest...
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    USA devaluation question

    Worth noting that although a depreciated US dollar will theoretically be good for exports it won't be good for the average US citizen as it will kill their purchasing power. See THIS THREAD
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    USA devaluation question

    Yes. Goods primarily made in the USA will be cheaper for non-US people (noting that many goods have complex supply chains with components made in multiple countries nowadays). Imports for people using US-denominated currency will be more expensive.
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    How much money is there?

    M2 is a common go to measure of money supply which includes the bank deposits (easily found via google). TMS (or true money supply) is a slightly different measure that is argued to be more accurate but unfortunately hasn't had as many people producing the relevant time series (although it can...
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    Gloom and Doom for Oz Thread

    2% vacancy rate is generally regarding as a tight rental market whether there are 20 places available in a suburb with 1,000 rentals or 200 rentals available in a suburb with 10,000 rentals. The denominator matters.
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