Japan has had a tumultuous year (2011) with regard to natural disasters. However, Japan will (and is) recovering from these disasters due to the resilience of its people. The Japanese generally have an orientation toward supporting each other to ensure national survival. This approach accords with the Gestalt philosophy in which the [...]

Australia is a nation that has maintained its high standard of living by avoiding the fatal danger of “rent seeking”. The current threat that the proposed carbon tax poses in facilitating a transition to “rent seeking” is outlined as is an argument why there should be a plebiscite on a carbon tax in this [...]

By David Bennett
The Australian union movement has been at the core of the nation’s socio-political development since the Great Strikes of the 1890s in the then Australian colonies.  Whether trade unionism remains viable as Australia moves toward a post-industrial society in the twenty first century remains to be seen. The fast pace of technological change is [...]