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National Affairs Is manufacturing on the rise? Jeff Borland 7 November 2018 New data suggests that jobs in manufacturing are bucking a decades-old trend. But are we comparing like with like? Books & Arts On the brink Jane Goodall 18 October 2018 Books | Journalist Gabrielle Chan captures a new mood in country Australia National Affairs In the shadow of America’s deficit Saul Eslake 15 October 2018 With the US–China trade war escalating, the risks of a downturn are starting to overshadow the positive economic news Essays & Reportage Watching a brilliant thinker stretching his mind Graeme Davison 11 October 2018 Why should we read Hugh Stretton in the twenty-first century?

National Affairs Forty years on, a sense of history gives way to alarm Tim Colebatch 23 July 2018 Experts gathered in Canberra last week to pool their views about China’s forty-year record of economic reform, but Donald Trump’s trade war pushed its way to centrestage National Affairs Cheaper electricity and lower emissions: so near and yet so far Tim Colebatch 19 July 2018 Amid a flurry of reports comes the information we need for real progress — and some sobering data Correspondents The elephant in the bedroom Jonathan Malloy 13 July 2018 Canadians find themselves caught in an uncomfortably close relationship with Donald Trump’s America Books & Arts The great accounting Brett Evans 13 July 2018 Books | Are the Big Four auditing companies facing their moment of truth?

National Affairs Four myths about income tax John Daley 8 June 2018 The debate about the Turnbull government’s income tax cuts is being sidetracked by misconceptions National Affairs Underestimating China Tim Colebatch 7 June 2018 Let’s clear up any confusion about the size of the Chinese economy Books & Arts Populism now? Shaun Crowe 6 June 2018 Books | Shaun Crowe reviews David McKnight’s Populism Now! 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)