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    The Australian housing bubble furphy

    During the 90s and before when I did civil engineering, engineering was easy to get into in terms of mark, apart from perhaps computer and telecomunications engineering. The kind of person who did engineering when I did it was not necessarily the most studious requiring only about 70% to 80%...
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    The Australian housing bubble furphy

    Effects of house price movements on economic activity / GDP. I have read that increasing house prices increases activity through an increase in wealth and hence the wealth effect. i.e. people spending money because they feel wealthier. How does one support this effect as a government...
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    The Australian housing bubble furphy

    An interesting piece of trivia: I believe Frankston was the last place that the riot act was literally called into effect. From wiki: I like the original act from the UK where any citizen can join in to disperse the crowd and is indemnified if they should injure or kill them! How you...
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