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National Affairs
Australia versus big tech
James Panichi
9 December 2019
Australian policymakers don’t share technology companies’ belief in a borderless world
Essays & Reportage
More Star Trek than Terminator?
Joshua Gans and Andrew Leigh
25 November 2019
Can the hopes of tech optimists and the fears of tech pessimists be reconciled?
National Affairs
Big tech in the dock
James Panichi
21 November 2019
The world is watching a David and Goliath battle in the Federal Court
Essays & Reportage
Is Goodstart just the beginning?
Mike Steketee
22 October 2019
Can a successful social investment model be used in aged care and elsewhere?
National Affairs
Too dumb and too China-dependent?
Adam Triggs
22 October 2019
Criticisms of Australia’s exports misunderstand how trade and markets work
Essays & Reportage
The hipster trustbusters
Danielle Wood
15 October 2019
How young lawyers are leading the backlash against the biggest companies
National Affairs
With friends like these
Norman Abjorensen
19 September 2019
Tetchy relations between business and the Liberal Party are far from new
Books & Arts
Inappropriate lobbying? Australia doesn’t compare so well
Nicholas Stuart
4 September 2019
A new book shows how it’s being done better — but the first question is whether the will exists
National Affairs
Last gasp for the Packer mystique?
Rodney Tiffen
27 August 2019
His father’s media empire is long gone, but James Packer is still treated with kid gloves by both sides of politics
Essays & Reportage
Want to reduce the power of the finance sector? Start by looking at climate change
John Quiggin
19 August 2019
Despite their lingering power, banks and financiers needn’t be untouchable
From the archive
Fabber & Fabber
Jock Given
16 August 2019
The Russell Square twins, Fabberdum and Fabberdee, Fabber & Fabber — whatever the nickname, the story of the famed London publisher reveals a lot about how creative…
National Affairs
What the ACCC thinks about journalism
Margaret Simons
30 July 2019
Much has been written about what the regulator thinks of the big digital platforms, but what do its recommendations mean for reporting and analysis?
Essays & Reportage
A progressive agenda for tackling Australia’s productivity crisis
Andrew Leigh
28 July 2019
Cutting working conditions won’t get us out of the current malaise
National Affairs
Nearly three decades of economic growth — and yet…
John Edwards
8 July 2019
The Reserve Bank is running out of ways of tackling Australia’s economic malaise
From the archive
Bad bosses
Brett Evans
4 July 2019
Why do we end up with so many inept leaders?
National Affairs
The next global downturn could be a nasty one
Adam Triggs
26 April 2019
But governments can act in advance to minimise its size and duration
National Affairs
The revenge of Billy Hughes
James Panichi
23 April 2019
A century after the one-time attorney-general’s legislation was shot down by the Privy Council, Australia’s new criminal cartel law is up and running
National Affairs
Big-end blues
Carol Johnson
16 April 2019
Despite moderating its rhetoric, Labor once again faces concerted campaigning from business groups
National Affairs
Fraying empire
Rodney Tiffen
9 April 2019
The
New York Times
has illuminated a key period in the evolution of Rupert Murdoch’s businesses, but its coverage of the mogul’s Australian activities is less helpful
National Affairs
Ending the franchise to exploit your franchisees
Tim Colebatch
15 March 2019
Only the
Age
and its siblings recognised the big story of the day
Recovered Lives
Forthright and hardworking, this corsetmaker founded a retail empire
Barbara Dawson
8 March 2019
Ann Hordern (c. 1791–1871), founder of Anthony Hordern & Sons
Recovered Lives
Farmer, businesswoman — and founder of Penfolds
Julie McIntyre
8 March 2019
Mary Penfold (1816–95)
Essays & Reportage
Too big to ignore
John Quiggin
7 March 2019
Monopolies and oligopolies have come to dominate Western economies, and the case for breaking them up is strong
National Affairs
Dinner with Adam Smith
Brett Evans
22 February 2019
Conflict of interest allegations have turned an unsought spotlight on the Big Four consulting firms
Books & Arts
Requiem for the World Wide Web
Tom Greenwell
9 January 2019
Books
| Matthew Hindman offers illumination for a disillusioned age
National Affairs
How Nine and Fairfax sat the wrong test
Margaret Simons
9 November 2018
There’s a good reason why the ACCC didn’t block the Fairfax–Nine merger, and it tells us why government policy needs to change
Essays & Reportage
The irredeemable in pursuit of the insatiable
Nicholas Gruen
28 August 2018
It’s not just the finance industry — there are scandals as far as the eye can see
National Affairs
“Of course they say there are no competition issues. They always do”
Julian Thomas
2 August 2018
Against expectations, Fairfax, Nine and the government are running up against the regulator
Books & Arts
The great accounting
Brett Evans
13 July 2018
Books
| Are the Big Four auditing companies facing their moment of truth?
National Affairs
“Wealthy, diversified and resilient.” Where’s the risk in that?
Saul Eslake
28 May 2018
Revoking Adani’s environmental approvals won’t create “sovereign risk” (and nor would most other government decisions)
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