In Australia’s economic history, there always been tension between Labor and the Banks. My grandfather was an adviser to wartime Labor Treasurer and Prime Minister, Joseph Benedict Chifley, better known as ‘Ben’, in the 1940s. Grandpa thought Chifley was a magnificent Prime Minister until he went too far with Bank nationalization, which together with petrol […]
Never mind the miners, here’s the bankers
April 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
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Australian unis pulse with a samba beat
April 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
When I went to the University of Adelaide, I received a stroke of luck. Under the Colombo plan, which enabled south-east Asian students get scholarships to Australian universities, the grand old man of Singapore,Lee Kuan Yew, sent a number of very bright Singaporean students, who were meant to go to Oxford to study nuclear physics, […]
From Rio to Freo – The Airport Economists hits the samba trail in Brazil
April 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
Out of Africa…..and back in.
April 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
Reporting from Cape Town, South Africa When South Africa emerged from the apartheid era in the mid-1990s it was a common plea for the world not to forget Africa simply because the apartheid battle had been seen to be won. Back then, “not forgetting Africa” had an international aid connotation, strongly associated with events such […]
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The Airport Economist goes to Rio
March 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Other Posts
Reporting from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazilian Airports at the moment are jam packed. Why is this so? To an airport economist the underlying reasons must always be economic and in this case thankfully they are. Basically, in the new Brazil, the upper class more wealthy Brazilians are flying north to Miami to shop (even […]
Japan goes gaga for Gillard as Australia shows solidarity one year on.
March 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Other Posts
A year on from the after the earth quake and tsunami natural disasters that engulfed Japan it is important to recall that two prominent foreigners went to Japan soon after to show solidarity. Global pop sensation Lady gaga went to Japan for 10 days. Say what you like about Lady gaga and the current mass […]
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At the chalk face – Brazil and Australia united in education
March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Other Posts
When I went to the University of Adelaide, I received a stroke of luck. Under the Colombo plan which enabled South East Asian students to get scholarships to Australian Universities, the grand old man of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, sent a number of very bright Singaporean students, who were meant to go to Oxford to […]
The Airport Economist
March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
Australian exporters conquering global markets Did you know that Australia is helping Singapore ‘be creative’ to address its imbalance of ballet dancers to engineers and that there is a Transylvanian Cricket Club full of Aussies in Romania? Or that Israeli youngsters are crazy for Tim Tams and the French are buying Billabong board shorts in […]
Going The Distance
March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
Essays on Australia and the Global Economy: 2004-2008 By Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission In 2005 I published a book titled Beyond Our Shores: Essays on Australia and the Global Economy: 1999-2004. Beyond Our Shores covered all the major economic issues affecting Australian trade from the Dot.com craze and crash to September 11, SARS […]
Beyond Our Shores
March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Publications
Essays on Australia and the Global Economy By Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission I have written a series of essays since 1999 on the amazing events witnessed, and in some cases experienced, and their effect on Australian exporters. The essays have been brought together in this book and arranged by topic – ‘Globalisation […]
