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economics
National Affairs
A last chance for easy reform
Adam Triggs
14 September 2021
The post-Delta economic boom will be shorter and smaller, but it might be the government’s last chance to implement reform during good times
Essays & Reportage
Why the New Deal still matters
Eric Rauchway
13 September 2021
In ways that still resonate, the program to drag the economy out of the Great Depression changed Americans’ relationships with politics, economics and each other
National Affairs
Taper trouble
Adam Triggs
31 August 2021
Developing countries could experience a wave of financial pain when the rich world lifts interest rates. But it doesn’t have to be that way
National Affairs
The Covid boom we could do without
Adam Triggs
19 August 2021
Mergers and acquisitions are booming, but their benefits are often overstated and their costs greater than ever
Books & Arts
Early childhood economics
Amanda Walsh
10 August 2021
Has business changed the culture of childcare?
National Affairs
Recipe for a one-term government
John Quiggin
10 August 2021
Labor’s capitulation on tax policy may help them regain government, but what then?
Books & Arts
First, learn the language
Martha Macintyre
8 August 2021
Gillian Tett, the woman who predicted the global financial crisis, uses anthropological tools to probe how business works
National Affairs
The problem with “geoeconomics”
Adam Triggs
3 August 2021
When security masquerades as economics, the result is a poorer and less secure society
National Affairs
Is this the NDIS’s robodebt moment?
Mike Steketee
30 July 2021
Are exaggerated fears about the cost of the disability scheme pushing it further from its founding principles?
National Affairs
Passport to the future
John Quiggin
29 July 2021
Decisions being made in Europe and the United States highlight the virus-control choices facing Australia
National Affairs
Caught in the headlights
Tristan Edis
23 July 2021
On climate, Barnaby Joyce is a speed bump about to be run over by a monster truck
National Affairs
Does immigration mean lower wages?
Adam Triggs
20 July 2021
Despite the popularly held belief, there is no evidence that immigration reduces wages in Australia
National Affairs
One failure too many
John Quiggin
13 July 2021
Sydney’s outbreak highlights the need to make hard choices
National Affairs
A little jab, now and then
Frank Bongiorno
9 July 2021
The federal government’s handling of vaccinations shows how much damage has been done to the public sector
National Affairs
Australia’s productivity gamble
Adam Triggs
6 July 2021
The government is gambling that productivity growth will soon return to normal. Luckily, big reform is still possible
Books & Arts
Northern light on Australia’s future
Ian McAuley
2 July 2021
The Nordic countries show how economies can be run differently
National Affairs
It’s official: debt isn’t the problem
John Edwards
30 June 2021
The 2021 Intergenerational Report marks a decisive shift in Australia’s economic debate
National Affairs
The right time for a perpetual opportunity
John Quiggin
30 June 2021
A class of government bonds with a long history would provide a low-cost way of funding public investment
National Affairs
Chain reaction
Adam Triggs
8 June 2021
Reducing Australia’s reliance on international supply chains is mostly unnecessary and could actually increase the risk of shortages
National Affairs
The end of the population pyramid
John Quiggin
1 June 2021
Fears about a declining birthrate reflect a twentieth-century view of how the economy works
National Affairs
How Australia’s Covid-19 debt will look after itself
Adam Triggs
24 May 2021
Concerns that the government’s post-pandenic debt will need to be repaid by future generations don’t stack up
National Affairs
This year’s budget, last year’s spending
Tim Colebatch
21 May 2021
Despite a booming state economy, the Victorian government plans even more stimulus
National Affairs
The budget’s thylacine-chasing days are over
John Quiggin
18 May 2021
The economy has entered an era that demands new thinking
National Affairs
Kicking the can down the road
Tim Colebatch
12 May 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and his colleagues have avoided hard decisions about how the government taxes and spends
National Affairs
The budget’s still-narrow gender lens
Carol Johnson
12 May 2021
The government has made significant concessions, but a fundamental change in attitude is needed
National Affairs
The right and proper thing
Saul Eslake
30 April 2021
Josh Frydenberg has moved further from Coalition orthodoxy on budget deficits
National Affairs
Labor’s Achilles heel
Peter Brent
23 April 2021
Scott Morrison’s reputation for campaigning prowess could work in Labor’s favour at the next election, but the economy will trump all else
International
Joe Biden, zeitgeist president
John Quiggin
21 April 2021
An alliance between an old president and a “young” party is yielding policies that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama wouldn’t have contemplated
National Affairs
Ending a thirty-year race to the bottom
Adam Triggs
12 April 2021
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is proposing a global minimum corporate tax rate. Criticisms of her long-overdue plan don’t stack up
National Affairs
Australia’s post-Covid quandary
John Edwards
8 April 2021
Extract
| Faced with a delicate balancing of debt reduction and jobs, the government is sending out mixed messages
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