James Kirby
James Kirby is a financial journalist. He is the author of the book series Business Secrets, and the managing editor of the online Business Spectator and the Eureka Report.
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The Nation Reviewed
Owners of Australia: James Kirby on Australia’s Rich List
James Kirby
It is a curious irony that Australia’s first ‘rich list’ was created for the Communist Party of Australia. In 1955, Brisbane journalist...
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The Nation Reviewed
What a Pratt
James Kirby
The woman on the radio had called to complain. "I want to talk about Richard Pratt," she said. "I don't really understand what he did. But...
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The Nation Reviewed
The Myth of Ethical Investment
James Kirby
Did you know that Woolworths now controls 14,000 poker machines? The supermarket company has followed the money down the street to the pub...
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A Nuclear El Dorado
James Kirby
Silex Systems: it sounds like the name of a computer-chip maker, or perhaps a manufacturer of silicon breast implants, but it’s actually a...
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James Kirby
Passing my local child-care centre the other day, I noticed it’s all changed: the builders have come in. Flown in, actually, because the...
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