The CEO Magazine 2019

2019 online opinion columns for The CEO Magazine.

The digital giants don’t have a clue about you

9 December 2019: A social theorist wants to convince us that Google and Facebook are taking control of our lives. Actual experience tells the opposite story. More

Australia’s broadband is ranked 64th; here’s why you shouldn’t care

2 December 2019: For two decades, Australians have been told that our fixed-line broadband is slower than our competitors’. But the numbers actually don’t matter. More

Let’s keep Facebook out of the truth business

27 November 2019: Facebook already makes judgements about its content in some circumstances, and many are already uncomfortable with that. Giving them more power won't give them better judgement. More

Consumer protection: Why disclosure is not enough

11 November 2019: The kings of dodgy dealing were once used car dealers. Not anymore. More

Trump has changed the art of lying forever

4 November 2019: Trump’s defenders have taken to claiming he’s just joking about a lot of his most outrageous claims, but is anyone laughing? More

Downer is the least likely Clintonite leftie in history

28 October 2019: Alexander Downer, a major figure in the past 30 years of Australian conservative politics, doesn’t fit the role of Trump-hating ‘Devil from Down Under’. More

The politics of business is changing

22 October 2019: Company executives and shareholders remain split over just why and how companies should play a broader social role. More

Who’s ruining the planet? Not them – it’s us

14 October 2019: Our car choices over the past 30 years make the case as clearly as any poll: most of us aren’t that interested in cutting our own CO2 emissions to save the planet. More

Needed: more stabilisers for our economies

23 September 2019: A new book argues for keeping economies out of severe downturns by using “automatic stabilisers”. More