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Making the move to the city, losing the links of the country
Promises of employment and education opportunities have always lured country folk and many women to the “big smoke”. Over 83% of Australia’s population lives in major urban areas, while many rural towns are dwindling in population. The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (2007) show that more than one third of young Australians […]
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“Nearly Eighty Percent of Our Money Doesn‘t Care about How It Generates Its Returns!”
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Martin Rich, an ex-investment banker currently with Social Finance, talked about the need for a change in mindset about investments. The major shift that perhaps defines the twentieth century is this: money has replaced people as […]