Inside Story

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 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 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 Books & arts Elegy for the internet Ramon Lobato 11 September 2013 Ramon Lobato reviews two manifestos responding to the commercialisation of the web

International China goes local in search of growth Kerry Brown 29 May 2013 The new Chinese premier has been wrestling with China’s economic future since the global financial crisis took its toll, writes Kerry Brown National affairs The vision thing Robert Milliken 23 May 2013 In uncertain economic times, South Australia has found a few niches but is looking for more, writes Robert Milliken National affairs Gone solar Giles Parkinson 16 May 2013 The electricity generation industry is waking up to the fact that its business model is broken, writes Giles Parkinson. With consumption down, can it refit for the green economy? International Misjudgements on the Mediterranean Ross Buckley 3 April 2013 The European Union bungled the Cyprus bailout, writes Ross Buckley. Next time, more Iceland and less Ireland