Alan Kohler

According to the latest polling, 43.1 per cent of Americans have a favourable view of Donald Trump and 46 per cent say they will vote for him.

The climate policies of both of Australia's main political parties are based on bullsh-t.

Why has a succession of inquiries and reports, along with a plethora of academic papers, not led to effective action to improve housing affordability? Because the work has been aimless and unsupported by a national consensus.

The Victorian government’s blizzard of housing announcements this month is the first serious effort to deal with housing affordability.

There are so many aspects to Tuesday’s US election, it feels like one column simply won’t do. So, here's seven in one.

When Donald Trump won in 2016, I wrote that this was the first technological revolution in which the losers were able to vote.

A couple of months ago economists and futures punters were 100 per cent sure the Reserve Bank would cut interest rates by February at the latest; now they're only 35 per cent sure, and shrugging.

When the RBA Review panel finished its work in March 2023, the cash rate was 3.6 per cent and the Reserve Bank hadn't quite finished its work raising Australia's cost of living.

-Warning: contains TV spoilers- The value of Bitcoin hit its long-awaited milestone of US$100,000 ($156,000) on Thursday December 5.

My first column for The New Daily not quite four years ago, was a bright, cheerful effort, listing the reasons to feel optimistic about 2021.