Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition  A reminder of how lucky we are and why we are called the lucky country. Also, what we have to lose if we neglect to remember this Some perspective: You don’t know what you have until you have lost it Taking things for granted like our power, because blackouts suck What about the billions of people who don’t have power or deal with rolling blackouts daily? Who would value having power more? The hatred of the rich shows the lack of gratitude by those who do it Countries with the highest number of millionaires/billionaires per capita have the highest GDP per capita and quality of life They are wealthy (some exceptions) because they provide more value to our lives We are lucky to have “rich people But why are we called the lucky country? First used in 1964 by Donald Horne – The Lucky Country The origin of the phrase was negative in the context of the book “Australia is a lucky country run by second rate people who share its luck” Where did we come