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Books & arts Different diagnoses, different cures Tom Westland 23 July 2014 Has feckless Australia set itself up for a post-boom slump? Tom Westland reviews two new books that see the prospects quite differently Books & arts Virtuous cycling on the job Helena Liu 23 July 2014 Can work be good for employees and employers? Helena Liu reviews a new book that wrestles with problems of workplace organisation, but doesn’t go quite far enough National affairs Arise, Prince Lachlan Rodney Tiffen 8 April 2014 Lachlan and James Murdoch’s appointments to senior positions could help sow the seeds of unrest in the Murdoch empire, writes Rodney Tiffen National affairs Rupert Murdoch’s sixtieth anniversary and the hazards of longevity Rodney Tiffen 16 October 2013 Rupert Murdoch may have set a world record for longevity in corporate governance, but his reputation would stand higher if he had retired ten years ago, writes Rodney Tiffen

International The Apple farmer Graeme Orr 10 October 2011 Graeme Orr looks at responses to the death of the man who stood between consumers and the complexities of science, innovation and corporate strategy Books & arts Hollywood economics Ben Goldsmith 13 July 2010 Ben Goldsmith reviews Edward Jay Epstein’s compelling behind-the-scenes account of how money moves in Hollywood National affairs The scandal that almost wasn’t Peter Browne 25 May 2010 Why did most of the media run dead on the Securency bribery allegations? Books & arts Always look on the bright side Brett Evans 9 December 2009 Barbara Ehrenreich probes the dark side of positive thinking — and how it helped create the global financial crisis