National affairs
3 September 2024
The arguments against a rise in JobSeeker have proliferated, but none of them stands up to scrutiny
National affairs
7 December 2021
Governments around the world are using innovative policies to solve housing affordability challenges. Why not Australia?
National affairs
23 November 2021
A government commitment to buy Australian-made goods and services is not as positive as it sounds
National affairs
9 November 2021
Australia needs holistic tax reform for the post-Covid-19 era
National affairs
27 October 2021
Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured?
National affairs
12 October 2021
The Chinese government’s power to control the fallout from a property crash is a reminder of just how far it has to go — and how far it has gone backwards — in freeing its…
National affairs
27 September 2021
Largely hidden from view, cross-ownership of competing companies is damaging the economy and fuelling inequality
National affairs
14 September 2021
The post-Delta economic boom will be shorter and smaller, but it might be the government’s last chance to implement reform during good times
National affairs
31 August 2021
Developing countries could experience a wave of financial pain when the rich world lifts interest rates. But it doesn’t have to be that way
National affairs
19 August 2021
Mergers and acquisitions are booming, but their benefits are often overstated and their costs greater than ever
National affairs
3 August 2021
When security masquerades as economics, the result is a poorer and less secure society
National affairs
20 July 2021
Despite the popularly held belief, there is no evidence that immigration reduces wages in Australia
National affairs
6 July 2021
The government is gambling that productivity growth will soon return to normal. Luckily, big reform is still possible
National affairs
22 June 2021
Our success in fighting climate change will hinge on whether our financial system is up to the task
National affairs
8 June 2021
Reducing Australia’s reliance on international supply chains is mostly unnecessary and could actually increase the risk of shortages
National affairs
24 May 2021
Concerns that the government’s post-pandenic debt will need to be repaid by future generations don’t stack up
National affairs
12 April 2021
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is proposing a global minimum corporate tax rate. Criticisms of her long-overdue plan don’t stack up
National affairs
5 April 2021
Australia is struggling to live with China, but can’t live without it. What can be done?
National affairs
15 March 2021
What’s next for the world’s original cryptocurrency?
National affairs
1 March 2021
With hundreds of thousands still unemployed, the Reserve Bank is under growing pressure to do more
National affairs
15 February 2021
The Labor and Liberal parties are in a race to the bottom in too many areas of economic policy
National affairs
1 February 2021
Crime has plummeted in Australia, and new research suggests some surprising causes
National affairs
7 December 2020
By grossly underestimating the number of Australians stuck overseas, the government is glossing over one of its biggest failures
National affairs
23 November 2020
Years of progress in reducing poverty will be wasted if we don’t change how financial markets treat developing countries during the pandemic
National affairs
9 November 2020
President Biden will buy Australia time, but the structural forces that produced the Trump presidency won’t go away
National affairs
27 October 2020
Treat with care the claims that Australia can readily diversify its trade and investment
National affairs
12 October 2020
The assumption that Australia will experience a quick recovery has produced a budget that’s big on spending but low on stimulus
National affairs
6 October 2020
If the goal is to support workers, women, those hit hardest by Covid-19 and the growth industries of the future, the government should focus on services
National affairs
29 September 2020
With a wave of insolvencies on its way, the government could do practical things to reduce barriers for new entrants
National affairs
21 September 2020
China’s trade restrictions highlight a serious but often exaggerated threat. And there’s plenty the government can do about it