Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe: Yes, we are in an ‘epic’ financial bubble, and it will inevitably pop
“The long, long bull market since 2009 has finally matured into a fully-fledged epic bubble. Featuring extreme overvaluation, explosive price increases, frenzied...
Michael Pascoe: Government’s peak corruption scheme scores $400 million in 2020
The federal government’s corrupt Community Development Grants reached another milestone last year – some $400 million dished out in political bribes, nudging...
Michael Pascoe: From QAnon to climate denial, Australia has a ‘Ratbag Government’
In December 1648, England had the Rump Parliament – the House of Commons purged of dissenters to clear the way for disposing...
Michael Pascoe: $1 super levy increase worth 12.5% more than $1 wage rise, in worst-case scenario
There is the real world and then there are economic theories and models. The campaign against increasing the superannuation guarantee levy prefers...
Michael Pascoe: The graph that explains this century
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the accompanying graph is worth millions of them. It tells the biggest story...
Michael Pascoe’s Olde Almanacke: An ode to 2021
Through fire, coronavirus and Scott Morrison promotional shoots, the curse lives on: One Pascoe of each generation fated to play New Year’s...
Michael Pascoe: Correction Professor Kelly, there is an emergency
An extraordinary effort by federal chief health officer Professor Paul Kelly on Wednesday – and I don’t mean saying he was “happy”...
Michael Pascoe: An astronaut’s perspective gives Australia a glowing review
In this traditional lull between Christmas and New Year, when the nation’s pace is meant to be set by a game that...
Michael Pascoe: Government playing Santa – money for beer
One of the hallmarks of the Crash of ’87 was the way the people behind both arms of our then brewing duopoly...
Michael Pascoe: Which Premier do you trust?
No politician will ever make the political mistake Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews did of holding open-ended media conferences. There’s too much danger...