Shaun Brien
Important things to know for the 2023 Exam
Some important updates about the VCE Economics exam in 2023
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Shaun Brien
- Jul 28, 2022
- 2 min
Rising Interest, Rising Costs
A commentary on recent monetary policy.
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Shaun Brien
- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
Are The Domestic Macroeconomic Goals Currently Being Achieved? (May 2022)
An analysis and internal debate about the fairly unfamiliar economic times we currently face.
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Shaun Brien
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
Interested in recent changes?
On May the 3rd, 2022. Phillip Lowe of the Reserve Bank of Australia announced that the cash rate would rise by 0.25 basis points
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Shaun Brien
- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
Productivity without the city
A discussion of changes in recent AS policies which is really just a chance to talk about the evils of capitalism
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Shaun Brien
- Feb 2, 2022
- 1 min
Why inflation means you're earning less.
One of the hottest economic topics of discussion currently is whether or not the RBA will increase the cash rate and therefore interest...
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Shaun Brien
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
General Exam Advice
You're young! You've spent most of your VCE at home! You've never sat a real exam! We want you to be like a Hyundai from the early 2000's...
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Shaun Brien
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
When data is unreliable... who can you trust?
We are living in unprecedented times currently where our economic data for the Government's domestic macroeconomic goals are varying...
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Shaun Brien
- Aug 31, 2021
- 5 min
How to plan a 'remotely' effective revision program.
We're at the end of August and there is currently no end in sight to remote learning. VCAA have been incredibly stubborn and unwilling...
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Shaun Brien
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Labour Farce (Why Full Employment isn't actually being achieved)
The latest unemployment statistics have been reported and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6%! Our goal of full employment is to...
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Shaun Brien
- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
Headline Inflation Making Headlines
The annual figures for headline inflation have been released for quarter 2 in 2021 and inflation has increased to 3.8%. So does that mean...
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Shaun Brien
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Stancing with Wolves (the 2021/22 Budgetary Stance)
We live in an era where for the past two decades the Federal Government has long promised a return to a budget surplus to help achieve...
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Shaun Brien
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Contracts in COVID-19 (yet another blog about Full Employment)
The Federal Government have done it! Unemployment has fallen below 5% with a measurement of 4.9%, a number not seen since before the...
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Shaun Brien
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
Modern Monetary Messaging
Why the RBA is targeting unemployment rather than low inflation in the modern era.
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Shaun Brien
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Corporate Greed and Government Failure
An analysis of how the Federal Government has allowed Harvey Norman to pocketed $22 million of unused JobKeeper but won't help Victorian's.
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Shaun Brien
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
China's appreciation of Australia.
An explanation to why the Australian dollar has been appreciating despite recent trade barriers from China
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Shaun Brien
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
How factors measuring 'growth' could be losing you marks.
In VCE Economics there are many Domestic Macroeconomic Goals as well as Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply-Side factors which are...
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Shaun Brien
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
A Productive Lockdown
Australia (especially Victoria) spent a large proportion of 2021 in various states of lockdown where non-essential businesses were...
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Shaun Brien
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Goal of Fool Employment
Last week the most recent measurement of the unemployment rate was released by the ABS and it was announced that unemployment has fallen...
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Shaun Brien
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Structuring SAC Answers in AOS2 and Beyond
So by now you've probably wrapped up AOS1 and you're leaving the world of Microeconomics behind until late in term 3 when you look at...
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