Strategy: The AFL\’s version of events

In 2016 an extra week was inserted into the calendar of the Australian Football League (the AFL).  No games are played in that week, which sits between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the finals series (the play-offs).  Football fans were baffled and annoyed by the change.   But it does make […]

Global Economy: Bathtubs versus Stagnation

Does the recent acceleration of growth in the global economy mean that we are finally turning the page on the GFC, which began in 2007?  That depends on which narrative of the GFC you subscribe to – the Rogoff and Rinehart \’bathtub\’ explanation or Larry Summers\’ \’secular stagnation\’ explanation.