Inside Story

Books & arts Steering blithely towards the rocks Judith Brett 18 February 2010 Fintan O’Toole’s gripping account of the fall of the Celtic Tiger National affairs What’s not to like? John Langmore 6 January 2010 International support is growing for a low but effective tax on financial transactions. John Langmore looks at an idea whose time has come Essays & reportage The Howard impact Rodney Tiffen & Ross Gittins 10 December 2009 Some good, some bad: the Howard government’s economic record compared with the performance of other Western countries Books & arts Always look on the bright side Brett Evans 9 December 2009 Barbara Ehrenreich probes the dark side of positive thinking — and how it helped create the global financial crisis

National affairs Spooked Brian Toohey 2 June 2009 The federal government is so anxious to avoid debt that it’s endangering its main priorities, writes Brian Toohey National affairs The American puzzle John Quiggin 28 May 2009 A new book argues that inequality is bad for everyone. And even critics concede that the United States is both unusually unequal and a poor social performer, writes John Quiggin National affairs Another Budget lockup Rob Chalmers 13 May 2009 How does the Budget look if you've been going into the lock-up since 1952? The Press Gallery’s longest-serving member, Rob Chalmers, reports from Canberra National affairs The intellectual American alliance Bruce Grant 1 April 2009 For the American president and the Australian prime minister this week’s G20 meeting is a vital test, writes Bruce Grant