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What Can Nietzsche Tell Us About the Paris Conference?

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In essence, the Paris conference may be seen as a ceremony to which nations come to reaffirm their promises in the presence of the global community, that is, to make a public commitment to play their part in the shared enterprise of combatting global warming.

This is so because virtually all delegations arriving in Paris have already...

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'Catch up' super contributions: a tax break for rich (old men)

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imageCatch-up contributions are primarily used by the wealthy, not middle income earners.Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

It’s no secret that our superannuation system is unfair. Over half the value of the tax breaks goes to the top 20% of income earners, people who already have enough resources to fund their own retirement.

As shown in our...

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