EDITORS' PICKS
In this week's essential reading guide, Kohler finds the benefits of Australian dollar parity, Gottliebsen expects BHP Billiton's resolve for PotashCorp to sharpen, Bartholomeusz dissects James Packer's Network Ten play and Maley examines China's interest rate shock waves.
Why parity is good for us
Alan Kohler
While many other nations found China's entry into the global trade club in 2001 extremely tough, Australia's free-floating dollar guarantees we can continue to cash in on China's boom.
Labor's besieged on two fronts
Robert Gottliebsen
Our biggest miners and banks are close to being at war with the Gillard government – but in the case of the banks, they may face an even bigger and more dangerous battle with the opposition.
BHP's new Potash play money
Robert Gottliebsen
BHP Billiton will suffer the most from dropping its Pilbara tie-up with Rio Tinto. However, it can console itself with the fact that the prospects of its takeover Potash Corp succeeding are greatly improved.
Packer's Ten temptation
Stephen Bartholomeusz
James Packer's $245 million raid on Ten Network is likely to be a strategic investment and is a sure sign that the media scion is back in expansion mode in territory he is very familiar with.
Is the RBA losing control?
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Amid a growing disconnect between market and official interest rates, the RBA is at risk of conceding its control of monetary policy to the banks. Just one force stands in the way.
Dim dollar hopes
Karen Maley
As the G20 finance ministers and central bankers gather in South Korea today, it's looking less and less likely that much can be done to stop the currency dispute from turning into an all-out trade war.
Fallout from China's rates shock
Karen Maley
China's central bank has sent global markets reeling by lifting interest rates for the first time in nearly three years – a move that signals its failure to contain a growing property bubble.
The Coalition is failing the Murray-Darling
Rob Burgess
Tony Abbott owes his Murray-Darling constituents a credible alternative water policy if he's so intent on ridiculing the government's. He should do for water what Turnbull is doing for broadband.
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: ANZ's growing green problem
Giles Parkinson
The Greenpeace campaign against ANZ raises an interesting question: Is there a responsibility on bankers to become society's police when politicians fail to act?
The disastrous US debt drive
Steve Keen
With employment strongly affected by the acceleration or deceleration of credit, the best America can hope for is a constant rate of decline of debt. Another acceleration would have devastating consequences.
Inconvenient China truths
Hugh White
America has been too eager to assure itself that China's rise will not challenge its global position. There is now a growing understanding that the unthinkable might happen.
Sarkozy's Ides of March
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Fierce protests in France over changes to the retirement age may well bring Sarkozy's erratic presidency undone, but pension reforms were just a trigger for the unrest, not the cause.
From currency duels to dual exchanges
Ricardo Caballero
A temporary and closely monitored dual exchange rate system may well offer the compromise solution to the currency war between China and the US.
Alan Kohler
While many other nations found China's entry into the global trade club in 2001 extremely tough, Australia's free-floating dollar guarantees we can continue to cash in on China's boom.
Labor's besieged on two fronts
Robert Gottliebsen
Our biggest miners and banks are close to being at war with the Gillard government – but in the case of the banks, they may face an even bigger and more dangerous battle with the opposition.
BHP's new Potash play money
Robert Gottliebsen
BHP Billiton will suffer the most from dropping its Pilbara tie-up with Rio Tinto. However, it can console itself with the fact that the prospects of its takeover Potash Corp succeeding are greatly improved.
Packer's Ten temptation
Stephen Bartholomeusz
James Packer's $245 million raid on Ten Network is likely to be a strategic investment and is a sure sign that the media scion is back in expansion mode in territory he is very familiar with.
Is the RBA losing control?
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Amid a growing disconnect between market and official interest rates, the RBA is at risk of conceding its control of monetary policy to the banks. Just one force stands in the way.
Dim dollar hopes
Karen Maley
As the G20 finance ministers and central bankers gather in South Korea today, it's looking less and less likely that much can be done to stop the currency dispute from turning into an all-out trade war.
Fallout from China's rates shock
Karen Maley
China's central bank has sent global markets reeling by lifting interest rates for the first time in nearly three years – a move that signals its failure to contain a growing property bubble.
The Coalition is failing the Murray-Darling
Rob Burgess
Tony Abbott owes his Murray-Darling constituents a credible alternative water policy if he's so intent on ridiculing the government's. He should do for water what Turnbull is doing for broadband.
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: ANZ's growing green problem
Giles Parkinson
The Greenpeace campaign against ANZ raises an interesting question: Is there a responsibility on bankers to become society's police when politicians fail to act?
The disastrous US debt drive
Steve Keen
With employment strongly affected by the acceleration or deceleration of credit, the best America can hope for is a constant rate of decline of debt. Another acceleration would have devastating consequences.
Inconvenient China truths
Hugh White
America has been too eager to assure itself that China's rise will not challenge its global position. There is now a growing understanding that the unthinkable might happen.
Sarkozy's Ides of March
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Fierce protests in France over changes to the retirement age may well bring Sarkozy's erratic presidency undone, but pension reforms were just a trigger for the unrest, not the cause.
From currency duels to dual exchanges
Ricardo Caballero
A temporary and closely monitored dual exchange rate system may well offer the compromise solution to the currency war between China and the US.
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