Another major disservice in the quest for an enlightened society (opens in new tab)

I read two articles at the airport early this morning, while I was waiting for a flight, which I wish I hadn’t read. The first was bemoaning the approaching “$A1 trillion problem” that apparently the Australian government and all of us are about to face. It was written by a journalist who is schooled in paraphrasing press releases from corporations and investment banks and holding out the results as somehow informed and independent commentary. The second was about the UK and how it faces a ma...