We rank amongst the world’s richest nations when it comes to personal wealth but, in terms of our economy and particularly its complexity, we sit amongst the world’s poorest.

It’s a situation that is progressively getting worse.

At just 5.1 per cent of GDP, we have the lowest level of manufacturing of all 37 nations in the OECD.

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    9 days ago

    Also “smart” devices all through everyone’s homes. And phones, routers, other telecommunication devices. Solar inverters.

    You could write a crazy story if you started thinking about how many things could be a back door for nation states.