Domenic Filippone - Economics Students Society of Australia

Domenic Filippone

The Good, The Bad, and the Weird: Tax Edition

Economic History

The Good, The Bad, and the Weird: Tax Edition

There is a saying about the ubiquity of taxes which is itself so ubiquitous it isn’t even worth wasting my word count on. Instead, I’ll pose this question to you all: do you like tax? If your answer is yes, then you are either: a) my mother or

Once upon a time in Babylon

Economic History

Once upon a time in Babylon

The scale and breadth of human history is almost unfathomable. Think of how much the world has changed in the last hundred years. Think of the suffrage movement which granted all adult women the right to vote. It seems like a whole different world to the one we know. How

Black Wednesday: How one man broke the Bank of England

Black Wednesday: How one man broke the Bank of England

When I talk about foreign exchange (FX) markets, what do you think of? I’m sure you have some memory of being at the airport in a foreign country, standing at a little stall as screens flash a constant stream of numbers telling you how much your AUD is worth