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National Affairs
Dead armadillo in the middle of the road
John Quiggin
2 November 2020
In six short weeks, the world has comprehensively left Australia behind on climate
National Affairs
Cut trade with China? It’s not that easy
Adam Triggs
27 October 2020
Treat with care the claims that Australia can readily diversify its trade and investment
National Affairs
Conflicted cuts at the Audit Office
Kate Griffiths and Danielle Wood
20 October 2020
The federal agency that revealed the sports rorts scandal has had its funding cut — again
National Affairs
Out of the office
Andrew Leigh
20 October 2020
Covid-19 could change how we work, for the better and — if we’re not careful — the worse
National Affairs
Too cheap to meter
John Quiggin
19 October 2020
Ultra-low interest rates have fundamentally changed the arithmetic of renewable energy
National Affairs
A V-shaped recovery? Don’t bank on it
Adam Triggs
12 October 2020
The assumption that Australia will experience a quick recovery has produced a budget that’s big on spending but low on stimulus
National Affairs
High-vis, narrow vision
Danielle Wood & Kate Griffiths and Tom Crowley
7 October 2020
The budget overlooks the hardest hit in favour of the hardest hats
National Affairs
The government versus the economists
Tim Colebatch
7 October 2020
A range of effective and equitable initiatives are missing from this year’s budget
National Affairs
Unfinished business in a business-friendly budget
Brendan Coates
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
National Affairs
Is a $213 billion budget deficit unethical?
Peter Mares
7 October 2020
The government needs to do more to share the risks during the recovery
National Affairs
Australia’s unhealthy obsession with manufacturing
Adam Triggs
6 October 2020
If the goal is to support workers, women, those hit hardest by Covid-19 and the growth industries of the future, the government should focus on services
National Affairs
Roadmap to nowhere
Tristan Edis
2 October 2020
By 2030, according to the government’s own figures, Australia will have spent three decades making almost no progress in reducing emissions
National Affairs
The biggest bang for the stimulus buck
Brendan Coates and Tim Helm
2 October 2020
What makes for effective stimulus spending in the Covid-19 recession?
National Affairs
Step one, a liveable income
John Quiggin
30 September 2020
Unlike the proposed tax cuts, there’s a guaranteed way to stimulate the economy
National Affairs
How to create post-crisis businesses
Adam Triggs
29 September 2020
With a wave of insolvencies on its way, the government could do practical things to reduce barriers for new entrants
National Affairs
Covid-19: where next?
Tim Colebatch
24 September 2020
Progress continues in Victoria, nationally and in much of Asia, but the international figures remain grim
National Affairs
Economic coercion: how worried should Australia be?
Adam Triggs
21 September 2020
China’s trade restrictions highlight a serious but often exaggerated threat. And there’s plenty the government can do about it
National Affairs
What will the economy look like on election day?
Adam Triggs
14 September 2020
Politics will be shaped by economics at the next federal election
National Affairs
Would a job guarantee be
work for the dole 2.0?
David Sligar and Hugh Sturgess
8 September 2020
There are better, tested ways of generating new jobs
National Affairs
Most of the world would fail the Andrews test
Tim Colebatch
7 September 2020
Victoria’s new Covid-19 standards would force a global lockdown
National Affairs
If stimulus is the question, the government’s tax cuts aren’t the answer
Adam Triggs
7 September 2020
The proposed tax cuts are a weak form of stimulus that would create more problems than they solve. There are better options
National Affairs
The end of the goods economy
John Quiggin
3 September 2020
It’s time to let go of our twentieth-century view of economic activity
National Affairs
Towards a post-Covid economy
Tim Colebatch
3 September 2020
Yesterday’s GDP figures show there are no soft options for recovery
National Affairs
Modern Monetary Theory: a solution in search of a problem
Adam Triggs
31 August 2020
Most of modern monetary theory is not new. And what is new isn’t plausible
Essays & Reportage
Orwell that ends well?
Nicholas Gruen
31 August 2020
Can the latest push to evaluate Indigenous programs really Close the Gap?
National Affairs
Workers versus consumers: a false tradeoff
Adam Triggs
17 August 2020
Are trade, competition and technology good for consumers but bad for workers? History shows otherwise
Essays & Reportage
Is time running out for the Chinese economy?
Saul Eslake
17 August 2020
The figures show that Xi Jinping presides over a system that’s more resilient than its critics acknowledge
National Affairs
The trouble with “buying Australian”
Adam Triggs
10 August 2020
The campaign risks reducing our living standards and hurting poorer Australians the most
National Affairs
Reducing stimulus at the worst possible time
Adam Triggs
3 August 2020
The federal government, the Reserve Bank, commercial banks and the exchange rate are in a race to the bottom. This need not be the case
National Affairs
Different crisis, different times
John Quiggin
31 July 2020
Has the Coalition learnt the wrong lessons from Margaret Thatcher?
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