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“'The first half has been marked by rising living standards, solid economic growth and extra funding for public services – funded by huge tax rises – none of which was enough to prevent dramatic half-time substitutions in Downing Street.”

“It comes as consumers face a fresh squeeze on living standards triggered by the unfolding war in the Middle East.”

“Would slashing net overseas migration “trash the economy” or deliver the necessary population “reset” to restore Australia’s stagnant living standards?”

“…casts the number of children born to the average woman will decline to just 1.34 by 2066 'No one believes the treasurer's spin even if he repeats it 50 times over because Australians are living the biggest drop in living standards in the advanced world.'…”

“"Those who lived primarily in the years between 1950 and 2020 — those 70 years — those were probably the best years in terms of growth, living standards, [and] conditions that not only the UK but effectively the Western world has ever seen.”