Peter Day
Peter Day is a third-age Australian, educated at Flinders University of South Australia with an extensive working history in public and private sectors, and a long interest in foreign affairs, politics, ethics, economics, and public policy, He is concerned about unaccountable, unrepresentative governments, media bias and declining quality of life.
Articles by Peter Day (5 total)
BRICS: the eulogy for western dominance?
The world's economic centre of gravity is moving from the Atlantic toward Asia. This reflects the rise of China and India and the dynamism of the BRICS.
Australian nationalism and sovereignty
There is little in the way of an Australian nationalism in contemporary Australia and to the extent there is, it is underpinned by racism.
From Bretton Woods to BRICS
In 1944 Bretton Woods established an international financial system that awarded generous economic advantages to the US. When the system failed, a group of nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, (BRICS), formed to foster a more equitable system, perhaps an alternative international currency to the US dollar.
‘To err (and shame) is human, to forgive is divine’
Something’s happening to western civilisation. A paradigm shift: a movement away from the Judeo-Christian Guilt/Righteousness (Redemption) Culture to a Shame/Honour (Exclusion) Culture – and there are significant consequences. First, some distinctions:
COVID-19: The Sabbath we had to have?
As we lament this interminable time of suspended animation when even healthy human contact is potentially a criminal offence, or, at the very least, frowned upon as an egregious social sin; a searing question emerges from deep within: “What does it mean to be human - to be a citizen?”