David Llewellyn-Smith of Macrobusiness writes Wikipedia page about himself, breaches Wiki guidelines; Also claims Australian Property Bubble began in 1991 (or earlier), when he was 24 years old.
This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject.
David Llewellyn-Smith (born 16 March 1967) is an Australian writer and independent publisher in the field of macroeconomics.
Llewellyn-Smith was born in Sydney, Australia.
Llewellyn-Smith was the founding publisher of The Diplomat, an Australian international business and politics magazine,in 2000,[2][3][4] and was its publisher and later Editor-in-Chief for eight years. The magazine published special issues “Global 100”, “FDI 100” and “SMEGlobal100” in conjunction with Ibisworld. The magazine was sold in 2007 and it now operates online as an international relations website for the Asian region.
In 2009, Llewellyn-Smith co-authored The Great Crash of 2008 with Australian economist, Ross Garnaut.[5][6] The book was published by Melbourne University Press. The authors attribute the global financial crisis to four factors: global imbalances;[7] global housing bubbles, the emergence of "clever money" and increasing greed.[8]
Also in 2009, Llewellyn-Smith created "The Distillery", a five day per week morning column in the Business Spectator. The column critiqued business commentators in major newspapers and remains in circulation in 2014.
In 2010, Llewellyn-Smith contributed to foundation of MacroBusiness, an Australian economics and markets blog.[9] And in 2012 he founded Macro Investor, an independent investment newsletter.
Llewellyn-Smith's articles on economics and political economy have been published in The Sydney Morning Herald,[10] The Age and the ABC's The Drum. He is frequently quoted in news reports on economic topics.
I guess David reckons he's important enough to deserve his own Wikipedia page.
'Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged Writing autobiographies is discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls. Articles that exist primarily to advance the interests of the contributor will likely be deleted'
Also, in his Wiki page, David says he was born in 1967, making him 48 years old.
He also claimed on MB today that he has been chronicling 'The Bubble' for half his life, so he believes 'The Bubble' began in 1991 (or earlier) when he was 24 years old.
'Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged Writing autobiographies is discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls. Articles that exist primarily to advance the interests of the contributor will likely be deleted'
Also, in his Wiki page, David says he was born in 1967, making him 48 years old.
He also claimed on MB today that he has been chronicling 'The Bubble' for half his life, so he believes 'The Bubble' began in 1991 when he was 24.
Wow, your pretty obsessed with him eh ?
Btw, it's not a wiki rule, it is simply higjly discouraged... the founder of wiki edited his own wiki page.
What form of punishment do you propose for david ? How long in jail ?
What about your Notmacrobusiness facebook page? Now if that doesn’t confirm your unhealthy and vindicative obsession with DLS I don’t know what does.
Property acquisition as a topic was almost a national obsession. You couldn't even call it speculation as the buyers all presumed the price of property could only go up. That’s why we use the word obsession. Ordinary people were buying properties for their young children who had not even left school assuming they would not be able to afford property of their own when they left college- Klaus Regling on Ireland. Sound familiar?
The evidence of nearly 40 cycles in house prices for 17 OECD economies since 1970 shows that real house prices typically give up about 70 per cent of their rise in the subsequent fall, and that these falls occur slowly. Morgan Kelly:On the Likely Extent of Falls in Irish House Prices, 2007
What about your Notmacrobusiness facebook page? Now if that doesn’t confirm your unhealthy and vindicative obsession with DLS I don’t know what does.
Now why does an obsession have to be unhealthy?
I would characterise Shadow's obsession with DLS as a "magnificent" one, borne of high virtue, and an altruistic intention to dispute DLS on purely intellectual and impersonal grounds...
Mind you, I am still trying to maintain the "tooth fairy" and "Santa Claus" illusions with my young child...
Australian Property Forum is an economics and finance forum dedicated to discussion of Australian and global real estate markets and macroeconomics, including house prices, housing affordability, and the likelihood of a property crash. Is there an Australian housing bubble? Will house prices crash, boom or stagnate? Is the Australian property market a pyramid scheme or Ponzi scheme? Can house prices really rise forever? These are the questions we address on Australian Property Forum, the premier real estate site for property bears, bulls, investors, and speculators. Members may also discuss matters related to finance, modern monetary theory (MMT), debt deflation, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin Ethereum and Ripple, property investing, landlords, tenants, debt consolidation, reverse home equity loans, the housing shortage, negative gearing, capital gains tax, land tax and macro prudential regulation.
Forum Rules:
The main forum may be used to discuss property, politics, economics and finance, precious metals, crypto currency, debt management, generational divides, climate change, sustainability, alternative energy, environmental topics, human rights or social justice issues, and other topics on a case by case basis. Topics unsuitable for the main forum may be discussed in the lounge. You agree you won't use this forum to post material that is illegal, private, defamatory, pornographic, excessively abusive or profane, threatening, or invasive of another forum member's privacy. Don't post NSFW content. Racist or ethnic slurs and homophobic comments aren't tolerated. Accusing forum members of serious crimes is not permitted. Accusations, attacks, abuse or threats, litigious or otherwise, directed against the forum or forum administrators aren't tolerated and will result in immediate suspension of your account for a number of days depending on the severity of the attack. No spamming or advertising in the main forum. Spamming includes repeating the same message over and over again within a short period of time. Don't post ALL CAPS thread titles. The Advertising and Promotion Subforum may be used to promote your Australian property related business or service. Active members of the forum who contribute regularly to main forum discussions may also include a link to their product or service in their signature block. Members are limited to one actively posting account each. A secondary account may be used solely for the purpose of maintaining a blog as long as that account no longer posts in threads. Any member who believes another member has violated these rules may report the offending post using the report button.
Australian Property Forum complies with ASIC Regulatory Guide 162 regarding Internet Discussion Sites. Australian Property Forum is not a provider of financial advice. Australian Property Forum does not in any way endorse the views and opinions of its members, nor does it vouch for for the accuracy or authenticity of their posts. It is not permitted for any Australian Property Forum member to post in the role of a licensed financial advisor or to post as the representative of a financial advisor. It is not permitted for Australian Property Forum members to ask for or offer specific buy, sell or hold recommendations on particular stocks, as a response to a request of this nature may be considered the provision of financial advice.
Views expressed on this forum are not representative of the forum owners. The forum owners are not liable or responsible for comments posted. Information posted does not constitute financial or legal advice. The forum owners accept no liability for information posted, nor for consequences of actions taken on the basis of that information. By visiting or using this forum, members and guests agree to be bound by the Zetaboards Terms of Use.
This site may contain copyright material (i.e. attributed snippets from online news reports), the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such content is posted to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, and social justice issues. This constitutes 'fair use' of such copyright material as provided for in section 107 of US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed for research and educational purposes only. If you wish to use this material for purposes that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Such material is credited to the true owner or licensee. We will remove from the forum any such material upon the request of the owners of the copyright of said material, as we claim no credit for such material.
Privacy Policy: Australian Property Forum uses third party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our site. These third party advertising companies may collect and use information about your visits to Australian Property Forum as well as other web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here: Google Advertising Privacy FAQ
Australian Property Forum is hosted by Zetaboards. Please refer also to the Zetaboards Privacy Policy