Ruminations of a young Australian on the state of the world, the state of his country and the state of all of us. Updated regularly with links and articles. This is a learning process for me, I apologise in advance for any percieved lack of quality.

 

Australian Exceptionalism

So this is our economic reality - we are the wealthiest nation in the world with 75.5 per cent of our adult population making it into the global top 10 per cent, our economy has grown faster than nearly all others (certainly faster than all other developed countries), our household income growth has been one of the fastest in the world (including our poor having income growth larger than everyone else’s rich!), we have the highest minimum wages in the world, the third-lowest debt and the sixth-lowest taxes in the OECD and are ranked second on the United Nations Human Development Index.

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    Just to boil it down: Stop complaining about money, Australia.
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