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National Affairs Saul Eslake 28 May 2018 Revoking Adani’s environmental approvals won’t create “sovereign risk” (and nor would most other government decisions)
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 21 May 2018 On the figures, a sympathetic majority in the upper house seems unlikely after the next election International Tim Colebatch 16 May 2018 Can the five parties of the governing coalition reconcile very different priorities? Books & Arts Louise Merrington 16 May 2018 Books | A former Portugese politician provides a unique perspective on the landmass that stretches from France to China National Affairs Abul Rizvi 11 May 2018 Critics say Australia is running a population-fuelled Ponzi scheme. The data — and Japan’s experience — suggest otherwise
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 10 May 2018 The prime minister and the Victorian premier are talking infrastructure after a long federal funding drought
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 9 May 2018 Why has the government chosen to fight the next election on weak ground? National Affairs Brendan Coates and Danielle Wood 9 May 2018 To deliver tax cuts and budget surpluses the treasurer will need to stay lucky National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 8 May 2018 Don’t spend too much time looking for a post-budget bounce. It won’t happen — or it’ll be over well before the election National Affairs Tim Colebatch 2 May 2018 Cautious in parts, extravagant in others, the Victorian budget is built on a boom
National Affairs Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire 29 April 2018 Increasing the Superannuation Guarantee will help the rich at the expense of the poor
Essays & Reportage Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 28 April 2018 Extract | Discarded hair makes a circuitous journey from India to the West, gathering value along the way International Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil 23 April 2018 India’s Narendra Modi visits China this week as the two countries continue to grapple with internal challenges National Affairs Tim Colebatch 20 April 2018 Buried in a Treasury report is the data that shows where most of the jobs are going Books & Arts Carmela Chivers 4 April 2018 Books | The quest to quantify the performance of our most important institutions can backfire, but what other choice do we have?
National Affairs Michael Gill 22 March 2018 Finance’s share of the Australian economy is higher than ever, leaving us vulnerable to a growing global liquidity bubble
National Affairs Andrew Beer 19 March 2018 With the debate over renewable energy largely settled, the new South Australian government is looking to smaller companies to help meet its economic goals National Affairs Tim Colebatch 13 March 2018 Behind the day-to-day swings in the economic data are worrying longer-term trends Books & Arts Jane Goodall 12 March 2018 Books | Following in the footsteps of Nobel prize-winner Elinor Ostrom, two new books make the argument for public property and the public good National Affairs Dean Ashenden 5 March 2018 Labor’s shadow education minister faces the problem of working out why school reform has failed, and what a federal education minister could do about it
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 23 February 2018 The International Monetary Fund gets some things right and some things wrong — but you wouldn’t necessarily know which from the coverage it’s had
National Affairs Saul Eslake 13 February 2018 The impact of America’s badly timed stimulus will ripple across the world National Affairs John Quiggin 24 January 2018 The quicker the cryptocurrency reaches its true value the better Books & Arts Carmela Chivers 22 January 2018 Books | Is the US economy suffering from an overriding malady — and could Australia become infected? Essays & Reportage Alex Millmow 6 December 2017 Called on the eve of a revolution in economic thinking, the 1936–37 banking royal commission mattered in ways that the latest one probably won’t
International Timothy J. Sinclair 21 November 2017 Attempts to regulate rating agencies haven’t been notably successful. But perhaps the diagnosis was wrong
Essays & Reportage Tim Dunlop 10 November 2017 With interest growing, supporters gathered in Melbourne recently to discuss the practicalities Books & Arts Jason Sharman 6 November 2017 From the archive | The biggest tax havens aren’t on faraway islands, writes Jason Sharman National Affairs John Quiggin 31 October 2017 The need to lift multi-factor productivity has become an article of faith. But what if it doesn’t really exist? National Affairs Lesley Russell 30 October 2017 The Productivity Commission’s healthcare recommendations might not go far enough, but they could still be too bold for the government