Issues/Economics

=Economic issues=

Debt - Deficits, Surpluses & Revenues
Here’s the real story of Australian debt

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/27/heres-the-real-story-of-australian-debt/

List of countries by public debt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debt

Christopher Pyne and the dangerous fantasy of surplus

http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/11/christopher-pyne-and-the-dangerous-fantasy-of-surplus/

Debt phobia 'hobbling chance to borrow and build'

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/debt-phobia-hobbling-chance-to-borrow-and-build/story-fnaporv2-1226493165389

(paywalled, google search the title)

Drum Piece–Budget: Not all declines are declines

http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/drum-piecebudget-not-all-declines-are.html

Warning: may contain graphic propaganda

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4674322.html

Clarke and Dawe - Bryan Floats a Radical Idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5O2rZeM8fk

Austerity related
Balancing the Technocrats

The false promise of technocratic governance by Kemal Dervis

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-false-promise-of-technocratic-governance-by-kemal-dervi

The Excel Error Thing
Austerity economics only works if you make an Excel formula error

http://boingboing.net/2013/04/18/austerity-economics-only-works.html

Who Is Defending Austerity Now?

The Excel error heard 'round the world has deficit-cutters backpedaling

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/who-is-defending-austerity-now/275200/

Economists, an Excel error, and the misguided push for austerity

http://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-the-misguided-push-for-austerity-13584

Did Harvard Economists Make an Excel Error that Led to Economic Austerity?

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/did-harvard-economists-excel-error-lead-economic-austerity-185852805.html

ECONOMISTS, AN EXCEL ERROR, AND THE MISGUIDED PUSH FOR AUSTERITY

http://www.thebull.com.au/articles/a/37215-economists,-an-excel-error,-and-the-misguided-push-for-austerity.html

Thank a Simple Excel Error For Austerity Economics

http://gizmodo.com/5994887/thank-a-simple-excel-glitch-for-austerity-economics