Tag Archives: class

Video of speech for the Victorian Fabians

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Warwick Smith

Here’s a speech I gave on the economics of inequality at the AGM of the Victorian Fabians. The speech notes are below the video. Warwick Smith from Australian Fabians Inc. (AFI) on Vimeo. Speech notes from Per Capita’s Medium page. … Continue reading →

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Joe Hockey’s unscripted moments of truth reveal what the Government really thinks – The Age

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith Originally published by The Age on September 3, 2015 – 12:17PM. Talk of throwing Hockey to the wolves is worrying. After all, it’s his slip-of-the-truth lines that give us a glimpse of the Government’s real agenda: only the rich … Continue reading →

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Snowpiercer, a film that makes you cheer against yourself

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith The bizarre and gratuitously violent, soon-to-be-cult movie that is Snowpiercer is in a long tradition of film and fiction writing that casts radical judgment on its audience. The teenage cult sensation The Hunger Games sits in powerful … Continue reading →

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