National affairs
20 October 2020
Covid-19 could change how we work, for the better and — if we’re not careful — the worse
National affairs
19 October 2020
Ultra-low interest rates have fundamentally changed the arithmetic of renewable energy
National affairs
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
7 October 2020
The budget overlooks the hardest hit in favour of the hardest hats
National affairs
7 October 2020
A range of effective and equitable initiatives are missing from this year’s budget
National affairs
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
National affairs
7 October 2020
The government needs to do more to share the risks during the recovery
National affairs
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
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
2 October 2020
What makes for effective stimulus spending in the Covid-19 recession?
National affairs
30 September 2020
Unlike the proposed tax cuts, there’s a guaranteed way to stimulate the economy
National affairs
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
24 September 2020
Progress continues in Victoria, nationally and in much of Asia, but the international figures remain grim
National affairs
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
14 September 2020
Politics will be shaped by economics at the next federal election
National affairs
8 September 2020
There are better, tested ways of generating new jobs
National affairs
7 September 2020
Victoria’s new Covid-19 standards would force a global lockdown
National affairs
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
3 September 2020
It’s time to let go of our twentieth-century view of economic activity
National affairs
3 September 2020
Yesterday’s GDP figures show there are no soft options for recovery
National affairs
31 August 2020
Most of modern monetary theory is not new. And what is new isn’t plausible
Essays & reportage
31 August 2020
Can the latest push to evaluate Indigenous programs really Close the Gap?
National affairs
17 August 2020
Are trade, competition and technology good for consumers but bad for workers? History shows otherwise
Essays & reportage
17 August 2020
The figures show that Xi Jinping presides over a system that’s more resilient than its critics acknowledge
National affairs
10 August 2020
The campaign risks reducing our living standards and hurting poorer Australians the most
National affairs
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
31 July 2020
Has the Coalition learnt the wrong lessons from Margaret Thatcher?
National affairs
27 July 2020
Rebuilding confidence in government is a prerequisite for economic reform
National affairs
20 July 2020
To be effective, their new versions need to be permanent, generous and consistent
National affairs
17 July 2020
John Maynard Keynes and the proponents of Modern Monetary Theory can agree on at least one thing