http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/adam-glyde/ Adam is a former chef studying journalism at UTS. He has a keen interest in politics, economics, food and sport, not necessarily in that order. Deep down he wants to run the country. He enjoys a hard day’s work and the finer things in life – wine, food and good conversation. Follow him on Twitter: @AdamGlyde en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-happens-to-us-if-we-collide-with-gfc-2.0/ In 2008, one of the biggest financial disasters in history took place. When investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, the global financial crisis announced its unwanted presence to the world. Four years later, the European debt crisis has again left the global financial system teetering on the edge of the abyss. Make no mistake. This is the Cuban Missile Crisis of economics. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, has warned of a 1930s style Great Depression. Former prime minister Paul Keating has called it the “worst crisis of his lifetime.” Legendary speculator George Soros, in a chilling interview with Newsweek, had this to say: “We are facing now a general retrenchment in the developed world, which threatens to put us in a decade of more stagnation, or worse. The best-case scenario is a deflationary environment. The worst-case scenario is a collapse of the financial system.” feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Glyde) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-happens-to-us-if-we-collide-with-gfc-2.0/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-happens-to-us-if-we-collide-with-gfc-2.0/#item7680 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:28 +0000 Adam Glyde | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Were-all-going-on-an-endless-uni-holiday/ In a previous life, I was a chef. Not a great one, but I do have the little certificate and scars to prove it. The hours were long. I am sure we have all heard the horror stories of 16 hour days and 80 hour weeks so there is no need to discuss that at length. Anyhow, I decided that my future wasn’t in the kitchen, so university beckoned. Fast forward a couple of years and university holidays have come around again. On the 11th of November last year, I went on university holidays. I will not go back until the end of February. That’s around 110 days. It is a long time. Even so, it’s apparently not quite long enough. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Glyde) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Were-all-going-on-an-endless-uni-holiday/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Were-all-going-on-an-endless-uni-holiday/#item7578 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:55:27 +0000 Adam Glyde | Author bios | The Punch