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National affairs
Covid-19 and Virgin: another monopoly or another bailout?
Adam Triggs
20 April 2020
Many questions need to be answered before the government intervenes in the airline’s plight
National affairs
Are the IMF’s forecasts too pessimistic?
John Quiggin
20 April 2020
With the right policies, the IMF’s recovery can happen with less pain than forecast
National affairs
Are the IMF’s forecasts too optimistic?
Danielle Wood and Brendan Coates
20 April 2020
We should beware of magical thinking about the Covid-19 recovery
National affairs
Suspended sentence
Abul Rizvi
15 April 2020
Scott Morrison’s “go home” message is bad for hundreds of thousands of temporary residents — and will slow the recovery
National affairs
Will Australia turn its back on Indonesia?
Adam Triggs
13 April 2020
There’s a cost-free way for the Reserve Bank to help our largest neighbour avoid defaulting on its loans
National affairs
Collateral damage
Norman Abjorensen
10 April 2020
Australia’s greatest upheavals haven’t always been kind to prime ministers
National affairs
Rebuilding the economy after Covid-19
Adam Triggs
7 April 2020
What we should and shouldn’t change once the crisis is over
National affairs
Win the war but lose the peace?
John Edwards
1 April 2020
John Curtin has a message for a government grappling with a crisis
National affairs
Before anyone asks: no, Australia does not have a debt problem
Adam Triggs
30 March 2020
And that means government spending is overwhelmingly beneficial in these crisis conditions
Essays & reportage
Making space
Sarah Barns
30 March 2020
What does the coronavirus mean for Australian cities?
National affairs
Measuring the downturn
Saul Eslake
27 March 2020
What are the best estimates of the pandemic’s impact on the Australian economy and the job market?
International
The Covid-19 kidnap
David Hayes
25 March 2020
The virus looks like being the catalyst of yet another British revolution
National affairs
A wave of financial crises is looming. It’s clear what needs to be done
Adam Triggs
23 March 2020
Australia and other G20 countries can help minimise Covid-19’s third big economic impact
National affairs
Social protection and the viral recession
Bruce Bradbury and Peter Whiteford
20 March 2020
So far, Australia’s help for employees displaced, self-isolating or ill has been less than generous
National affairs
The hits and misses of the Coalition’s stimulus package
Adam Triggs
13 March 2020
The government has learned some — but not all — of the lessons of the global financial crisis
National affairs
Stimulus politics
Peter Brent
11 March 2020
How should Labor react to the government’s stimulus package?
Books & arts
Lost in space
Nicole Hemmer
10 March 2020
A
New York Times
columnist’s provocative analysis of America’s ills
National affairs
The weakest links
Adam Triggs
2 March 2020
The coronavirus’s biggest threat comes from panicky consumers and inept policymakers
International
Ailing giant
Rodney Tiffen
24 February 2020
In key areas, America’s performance is slipping compared to its peers
Essays & reportage
After the coronavirus, can Chinese politics ever be the same?
William H. Overholt
21 February 2020
Covid-19 adds to the likelihood of dramatic change in the world’s largest nation
National affairs
Time to think differently — but just how differently?
Jane Goodall
20 February 2020
The aftermath of the fires is a perfect opportunity to test the concept of a basic income
National affairs
Worst-case economics
John Quiggin
19 February 2020
Opportunity cost still matters in deciding the best ways of tackling climate change, but the timeframe has shrunk dramatically
National affairs
Why we can’t afford passive government
Adam Triggs
5 February 2020
Australia entered the year in bad shape, and things will only get worse without a change in direction
National affairs
In defence of Bridget McKenzie
Ian McAuley
30 January 2020
The National Party minister has become the scapegoat for systemically poor administration
Books & arts
“There is no alternative…”
Glyn Davis
7 January 2020
Books
| Together, different varieties of capitalism straddle the world like never before
Essays & reportage
Here comes the sun
Tristan Edis
7 January 2020
Are three multimillionaires about to break Australia’s political deadlock on climate?
National affairs
The economic case for increasing Newstart
Adam Triggs
30 December 2019
There’s more than one good reason to lift the payment to jobseekers
Essays & reportage
Recalling the consequences of Keynes’s ‘Economic Consequences of the Peace’
Selwyn Cornish and John Hawkins
12 December 2019
Keynes’s book on the Versailles Treaty not only predicted dire results, but also provided guidance for those planning the global economic system following the second world war
National affairs
Falling behind, but not going backwards
Tim Colebatch
5 December 2019
Business and household demand shrank by 0.3 per cent in the year to September, leaving government and exports to fuel Australia’s modest per capita growth
Essays & reportage
More Star Trek than Terminator?
Joshua Gans and Andrew Leigh
25 November 2019
Can the hopes of tech optimists and the fears of tech pessimists be reconciled?
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