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Essays & reportage Unproductive schooling, counterproductive reform Dean Ashenden 19 October 2022 Three new Productivity Commission reports highlight big problems in schooling and school reform — and in the commission’s own thinking National affairs A new era for housing? Peter Mares 28 September 2022 The biggest investment in social housing since Kevin Rudd was prime minister won’t be enough to stop life getting tougher for low-income tenants National affairs Unbeaching the whale Dean Ashenden 6 September 2022 The education revolution failed — and so did its way of thinking Books & arts Landscape of chaos Jane Goodall 11 December 2021 A thread of wealth, power and celebrity ran through three of 2021’s high-profile season returns

From the archive The coming boom in inherited wealth John Quiggin 21 September 2021 Are we creating a society Jane Austen might recognise? 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 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

International “Yes, I know we disobey orders. But what else can I do?” Antonio Castillo 1 March 2021 Informal workers in Latin America search for ways to survive during the pandemic National affairs Promoting equity is one thing, achieving it is another Chris Bonnor 18 February 2021 Good intentions won’t solve the problem of Australia’s increasingly segregated school system National affairs Rising prices, plummeting rents Peter Mares 15 February 2021 Australia’s housing market goes crazy — again International When wealthier doesn’t mean healthier Lesley Russell 11 February 2021 Covid-19 hit the United States hard, but life expectancy was already falling. The lessons for other countries are clear