What is most fascinating about this book is how the parallels with other bubble-busts are clearly illustrated but these parallels are being ignored by the custodians of the economy in Australia.
Having gone through one property crash makes you more sensitive to the variables when another is possibly pending. Australia is an open economy greatly dependent of export of primary resources for much of its success. It is an incredibly high cost economy in which to live or do business. By normal yardsticks its residential property is overvalued - by how much is the great conundrum. A major external shock could have a massive impact and could decrease property prices by 10-50% in a short time. On the other hand that shock may not come, or if it does it may not be as shocking as feared, Australia's government debt is still relatively low and the country could withstand some significant borrowing if pushed. However, the budget deficit is a major concern and if government revenue fell off a cliff then the economy could be in very serious trouble. Strangely this has happened in several developed economies elsewhere in the past 7 years but there is no debate going on and that in itself is scary.
Most fears are not real and this crash may not happen, but if it does the RBA would rightly take alot of flak for not reining in bank personal and property lending. Mr. David clearly shows that excess credit drives up property prices and that fact alone should be taken very seriously.
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Lindsay David is a co-founder of clean technology company GreenRigCo and a former strategy & business development consultant. Lindsay holds an MBA from IMD Business School.
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Reviewed in Australia on 21 April 2015
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There is a good deal of insight in this book. However the political analysis is flawed. The author gives top marks to Howard/Costello, when the greatest increase in mortgage debt and price to income ratio occurred under their watch. Public statements made by John Howard show that he was entirely comfortable with this situation. Mistakes were made under Labor, especially the doubling of the first home owners grant. I was also surprised that the author apparently had no knowledge of the work of Prof. Steve Keen, who has been contributing scholarly articles on this topic for several years.
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Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2015
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A provocative and thoughtful review on Australia's current economic situation with a focus on the "toxic" credit bubble. His opinions are backed by analysis and data. They are scary to say the least but do give great insight into a perilous current economic state. I am left afraid of the difficult times ahead, which I must say I completely agree are likely to occur after experiencing the ridiculous Sydney property market.....something which completely defies logic. The loss of a star is for the constant repetition....it could easily have been half the length and contain the same amount of information.
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Reviewed in Australia on 1 September 2014
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Lindsay's style is so easy to read and his content so fascinating, filled with facts. I read alot of stuff and was amazed to learn about the prices of Australian homes. No one had ever pointed this very simple fact out to me, ever. I loved the way he uncovered the reasons why the Aussie home market is so high on average, and how it has relied on Chinese buying of iron ore. I wish I had a home to sell right now so I could take advantage of the pricing peak. Lindsay really makes this stuff absolutely fascinating. The best book I've read on the Australian economy.
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Reviewed in Australia on 23 June 2015
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I like the general thesis on overvalued housing due to 'toxic' lending and China driven mining demand that the author attempts to explore.
The data he uses to describe housing as overvalued income to median housing multiple versus historical and other global cities is descriptive rather than predictive and is rather simplistic.
The explanation on the links between three sectors are well covered however it would have been more in depth had he covered more data points on each sector.
The main issue I have with the overall conclusion of the book being based on rising inflation and rising rates when the latest U.S. Example of the Gfc showed that deflation is more of an issue during falling house prices and higher unemployment and the central banks worldwide have shifted towards loosening monetary policy and buying bonds. Whilst the fact that Australian housing is overpriced is generally correct higher unemployment and falling prices will see massive stimulus resulting in a longer bubble than the author anticipates.
The data he uses to describe housing as overvalued income to median housing multiple versus historical and other global cities is descriptive rather than predictive and is rather simplistic.
The explanation on the links between three sectors are well covered however it would have been more in depth had he covered more data points on each sector.
The main issue I have with the overall conclusion of the book being based on rising inflation and rising rates when the latest U.S. Example of the Gfc showed that deflation is more of an issue during falling house prices and higher unemployment and the central banks worldwide have shifted towards loosening monetary policy and buying bonds. Whilst the fact that Australian housing is overpriced is generally correct higher unemployment and falling prices will see massive stimulus resulting in a longer bubble than the author anticipates.
Reviewed in Australia on 23 February 2015
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It may well be "doom and gloom" but it's definitely food for thought. As someone who also lived through the recession in Europe from start to finish, before moving back to Australia, I felt the exact same things about the precariousness of the economy. Though, 6 years of "austerity" will do that to you. Still, David puts forth a strong argument about the pitfalls and caveats of the Australian economy, and property market. Property prices, relative to now stagnant incomes, simply cannot keep growing at this rate. I've recommended it to many friends.
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Reviewed in Australia on 8 May 2015
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David is an Australian who has lived overseas for many years. He comes back to Australia after having worked as an economist overseas. His perspective has not been infected by Australia's obsession with property. He points out that Chicago has a larger population than Sydney, a larger GDP, is of similar physical size and yet the real-estate prices are similar to Mildura in the middle of f#@&ing nowhere. By all comparisons Sydney is way over priced.
He also points out when interest rates rise there will be a lot of people in severe financial hardship. (Remember the elephant in the interest rate room is the US bond market, not anything the Australian Reserve Bank wants to do.)
He also points out when interest rates rise there will be a lot of people in severe financial hardship. (Remember the elephant in the interest rate room is the US bond market, not anything the Australian Reserve Bank wants to do.)
Reviewed in Australia on 30 June 2015
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This book is essentially a companion volume and Australian edition of books with titles like "This time will be different" "A History of 800 years of financial folly" etc. Informative if frightening.
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Scottie
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Finally someone talks sense about the Australian economy!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2014Verified Purchase
This book is a very easy to read analysis of the main Australian economy as it currently stands. It's refreshing to hear such a dissenting view on the state of the economy that offers a decent rebuttal of the bullish rhetoric the Australian media keeps offering up to the Australian public. Read the book and decide for yourself.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2014Verified Purchase
an excellent review of Australia's rise to become a world financial power.

Dr Vader ( Leicester, UK)
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2014Verified Purchase
Good book, am reading it.

VIVEK SHIVDASANI
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I never expected this book to be so good to read
Reviewed in India on 26 October 2016Verified Purchase
If ever Australia goes bust like Thailand did some years ago I will remember this book. The author explains the economic situation that Australia finds itself in today very clearly.
Tremors in the Middle Kingdom causing earthquakes in down under. How the world has changed. Till the 1980s Australians considered Asia to be a landmass that they had to fly over to get to the mother country (England).
I have always considered the big 4 banks of Australia to be the bluest of blue chips but after reading this book I would not touch their shares with a barge pole.
There is no doubt that a lot of Australians are going to suffer financial pain in the years to come but I take no pleasure in the fact.
Life is very easy in Australia and Australians are a very innocent people. They have never experienced poverty like us Asians. They have never gone to bed on an empty stomach. They are not hard and ruthless like Americans or Asians.
Everything the author writes about Sutherland shire is also true because I have been there a number of times. There is something special about this suburb. You can feel it as soon as you alight from the train.
I used to feel as if I had stepped back into the 1950s. It had a Better Homes and Gardens feel about it. There was a very Anglo Saxon feel about the whole region. In those days(1997) you could buy a nice house for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in Sutherland.
Tremors in the Middle Kingdom causing earthquakes in down under. How the world has changed. Till the 1980s Australians considered Asia to be a landmass that they had to fly over to get to the mother country (England).
I have always considered the big 4 banks of Australia to be the bluest of blue chips but after reading this book I would not touch their shares with a barge pole.
There is no doubt that a lot of Australians are going to suffer financial pain in the years to come but I take no pleasure in the fact.
Life is very easy in Australia and Australians are a very innocent people. They have never experienced poverty like us Asians. They have never gone to bed on an empty stomach. They are not hard and ruthless like Americans or Asians.
Everything the author writes about Sutherland shire is also true because I have been there a number of times. There is something special about this suburb. You can feel it as soon as you alight from the train.
I used to feel as if I had stepped back into the 1950s. It had a Better Homes and Gardens feel about it. There was a very Anglo Saxon feel about the whole region. In those days(1997) you could buy a nice house for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in Sutherland.

Max Power
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly good, but the writing style is a mess!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2014Verified Purchase
This book covers the main themes about the problems facing Australia, however, the author is not unique in highlighting them. Much of what he discusses has been researched and explained by people such as Steve Keen and Hugh Hendrie long ago.
There were two problems I had with this book. Firstly, I had to return the physical copy and buy the kindle version as the font is just ridiculous in the print version. Perhaps I was sent a copy for the visually impaired? The main issue I have with this book though is the authors' constant asking of questions to himself and then answering them in the next line. Why does he do this? Who knows. Does it stop? No, it goes on and on like this. Is it excruciating to read something written this way? Yes. See, its tiring and annoying isn't it?
I have done a lot of work myself on the topics covered so much of it isn't new to me, but I can say it's properly researched. Anyone in the finance industry (think Global Macro HF) probably has read a lot of what is in this book many times before, however, it is put together concisely and coherently in this book. On balance though, its a good book and I recommend it, even if the Q&A the author gives himself is painful to endure.
There were two problems I had with this book. Firstly, I had to return the physical copy and buy the kindle version as the font is just ridiculous in the print version. Perhaps I was sent a copy for the visually impaired? The main issue I have with this book though is the authors' constant asking of questions to himself and then answering them in the next line. Why does he do this? Who knows. Does it stop? No, it goes on and on like this. Is it excruciating to read something written this way? Yes. See, its tiring and annoying isn't it?
I have done a lot of work myself on the topics covered so much of it isn't new to me, but I can say it's properly researched. Anyone in the finance industry (think Global Macro HF) probably has read a lot of what is in this book many times before, however, it is put together concisely and coherently in this book. On balance though, its a good book and I recommend it, even if the Q&A the author gives himself is painful to endure.