We often hear arguments that releasing land to foreign ownership is “selling the farm”. Similarly, foreign owned companies repatriate their profits rather than keeping profits within the local economy. Are these valid arguments? In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast Phil Dobbie works through the pros and cons of foreign ownership with Professor Steve Keen.
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Top 40 Business Tips #40: To Sell More, Listen and Give
Selling isn’t a one way conversation. Every successful sales person knows that. So, if you’re not selling enough, does that mean you are not listening enough?
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Markets support the Fed’s balancing act
The Fed will be happy with where yields in response to its aggressive tightening, says NAB’s Tapas Strickland. But will it work? Equity markets clearly think so.
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NBN: 4K down, 7 million to go
This week, the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) rather foolishly announced that it had achieved 4000 connections — when its own corporate plan had 35,000 connections by last June. No wonder they got hammered by the press.
