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National affairs Stormy weather Michael Gill 17 December 2014 A focus on the fitness of the economy should replace the overheated debate about “fiscal balance,” writes Michael Gill National affairs Tell them they’re dreaming John Quiggin 11 December 2014 Nuclear power might be worth considering as a reserve option, says John Quiggin, but experience overseas shows Australia’s carbon savings must be made elsewhere National affairs Bragging rights Peter Brent 11 December 2014 Being in government is a chance to make the case that you’re a world-class economic manager, writes Peter Brent. Labor forgot that fact and will keep suffering the results National affairs More reasons why the Abbott budget is so hard to sell Tim Colebatch 5 December 2014 The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem, writes Tim Colebatch

National affairs Australian schools: the view from Mars Dean Ashenden 24 September 2014 The federal government's competition review is disastrously wrong about education, writes Dean Ashenden National affairs The budget, fairness and class warfare Peter Whiteford 5 August 2014 The post-budget debate reveals two fundamentally different worldviews, writes Peter Whiteford National affairs The upsides of the buyback Andrew Leigh 31 July 2014 John Howard’s gun buyback scheme had more than one benefit, writes Andrew Leigh in this extract from his new book Books & arts China wakes, Asia quakes, Australia shivers Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 A contest is under way, writes Graeme Dobell, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash

Who’s in charge of the euro? James Panichi 12 December 2013 Unlike its political counterpart, the seventeen-member eurozone has no government and no centre of political power, writes James Panichi. Debate is intensifying about… Books & arts The revolutionary box Brett Evans 2 December 2013 It’s not just sweatshop labour that keeps down the price of the stuff we buy, writes Brett Evans Essays & reportage Poverty in a time of prosperity Peter Whiteford 15 September 2013 Measured by income, most Australians have never had it so good. But some groups are falling dramatically behind. Peter Whiteford warns of the dangers of residualising the poor Books & arts An American story told through Americans’ stories Lesley Russell 11 September 2013 Lesley Russell reviews a sweeping account of the United States in the twenty-first century by New Yorker writer George Packer