There is a new idea stalking the Australian economy and it’s something that we had all better get used to – it’s the idea that the Government knows best.

Technically, we haven’t had a government that’s behaved this way since 1983.…

What a week in Australian politics. Not only did Kevin Rudd have the political rug pulled from under him, the nation appointed its first female Prime Minister.

Or rather, the Caucus did.

Immediately after the announcement that Julia Gillard had taken over…

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes.

But in the UK, pension cuts could soon join that list of certainties as the Government struggles to cope with the burden of an ageing population.

At a UK…

At burningpants we don’t usually comment about the Federal Government because we think that everyone else who does so is involved in an ideological spitting competition, where they make increasingly outrageous statements to back up their point of view.

But, unfortunately,…

As the UK’s general election campaign reaches its final stages, the outcome is still up in the air.

burningpants attended a fund manager’s briefing on the election last week and one clear message was that recent polling is pointing to a…

Are elections about policies or personalities? This week the two main political parties in the UK will be desperately trying to make policy matters, not personality, the main issue.

In particular, the Conservatives and Labour are taking aim at what they…