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Long-form

How 'smart' investors are killing your future — and theirs too

From the Systemic Investing Summit in London: extractive investing is a runaway train. A five-point case for getting off.

Startup Daily · Apr 2025

People's economist charges a pretty penny

On grifters, gatekeepers, and who profits from speaking for the people.

Rampart · Mar 2026

My Reckoning with America: Where Selma Rusts and Plantations Shine

Jackson, Montgomery, Selma — how a nation curates, commodifies and erases its past.

Medium · Jan 2026

Bad Data, Good People, Cold Blood

How investors let commas separate value from life — and why good intent won't save us.

Medium · Feb 2026

SmartCompany column

World Indigenous Business Forum urges companies to put culture before profit

Nov 2025

You don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to learn how to create great content

Oct 2024

Airtree the victim in Hostplus and Employment Hero battle for the truth

Mar 2024

Wealth inequality crashes a celebration of culture, art and innovation at SXSW Sydney

Oct 2023

Web3 is coming for the banks — a much greater threat than the neobanks

Jul 2022

Apple has entered the payments race, and it's brought the fastest car

Jan 2022

This app promises a 3% return, and that's a good thing

Jan 2022

Afterpay slurs 'hold my beer, watch this' as it lowers the bar with lending at Aussie pubs

Nov 2021

Forget Afterpay: here's what consumers want from financial offerings of the future

Aug 2021

There's a forest fire threatening the banking sector — and it's Apple, not Afterpay, that lit the spark

Jul 2021

Essays on Medium

BeforePay, AfterPay, YouPay. But what about my pay?

Jul 2021

For most of us, the true cost of Covid-19 is trivial

Jul 2021

The most vulnerable words I've ever written

Jul 2021

Last year, Xinja became a bank. Last week, it broke its first promise.

Dec 2020

Injustice matters, but only today

Sep 2020

Do Black Lives Really Matter?

May 2020

Capitalism is like a failed marriage

Apr 2020

There's good in everything. Even when someone tries destroying your world.

Feb 2020
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