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Richard Murphy Is Half-Right About the Job Guarantee — And That’s the Problem
When a brilliant economist lets implementation anxiety do the work of theoretical demolition, it’s time to respectfully push back.
May 7
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Darren Quinn
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The Job Guarantee: The Anchor Our Economy Needs
Why treating unemployment as a policy tool is barbaric, and how a true Job Guarantee anchors inflation without the cruelty.
Apr 20
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Darren Quinn
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The Australian Welfare Paradox: A Hidden Basic Income Weaponised Against the Poor
We already have a Basic Income—we just call it ‘welfare‘ when it goes to the working class and ‘tax concessions‘ when it goes to the wealthy.
Apr 7
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Darren Quinn
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Trained Incapacity: What a Twitter Spat Taught Me About the RBA
A Friday Fightback against the "Ceremonial" demand for speed—and why the RBA's politeness is masking policy violence.
Apr 2
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Darren Quinn
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SPECIAL EDITION — The Trap Was Already Closed: A Dated Structural Finding and What Happened Next
On 26 February 2026, a diagnostic instrument recorded Australia’s Stagflation Trap formally. Here is the record — and the 47 days that followed.
Apr 1
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Darren Quinn
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The Gruen Paradox: When "Serious" Economics Becomes Gatekeeping
How a famous economist family’s tactical pivots and rhetorical flourishes reveal more about politics than about money itself.
Mar 30
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Darren Quinn
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The Iron Law of the Surplus Trap
Sectoral Balances Give Context to Trade Theory
Mar 24
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Darren Quinn
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Why MMT Doesn't Wait for the Private Sector's Permission
The Pipes are Fixed, But the Valve is Broken
Mar 23
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Darren Quinn
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The Double Tap: Why the RBA Just Executed a Corpse
Monetary vanity meets the biophysical wall — why hiking into a diesel shortage is a policy death wish.
Mar 18
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Darren Quinn
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Broke by Design: How Household Myths Keep Public Power Locked Down
The "Household Fallacy" isn't just bad economics—it's a political weapon handed to the banks.
Mar 16
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Darren Quinn
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Friday Fightback: The M2 Myth Busted
Time to Track What Really Moves the Needle
Mar 12
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Darren Quinn
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The Bond-Selling Bluff: How “Ceremonial” Debt Stories Keep Us Small
The "Household Fallacy" is a trap. Here is how the bond market really works—and why it’s not a credit card bill.
Mar 9
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Darren Quinn
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