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Economics

Locks and chains, hobbles and handcuffs

The Lockdown Depression is rushing towards us. Many in politics, media and industry are digging the hole deeper.

by Viv Forbes - 26/05/2020 - 6 comments

The safe road home

In the world, the number of people dying each year from car crashes, is more than one million.

by David Hale - 19/05/2020 - 15 comments

Reviving academic research on Australian economic policy

There are strong disincentives to exploring Australian economic issues, in contrast to other social science disciplines.

by Tony Makin - 14/05/2020 - 2 comments

An immigration re-think is well overdue

For decades the major parties have deliberately kept the immigration issue off the political agenda and keep the migrant intake at supercharged levels.

by Alex Walsh - 13/05/2020 - 20 comments

Double rent assistance

The budget outlay was about 4.4 billion in 2019. The doubling of rent assistance to 8.8 billion would still be less than many other benefits.

by David Hale - 12/05/2020 - 11 comments

Reforming money to rescue economies and the planet

Separating the diverse functions of money removes the conflicts that can arise between them.

by Shann Turnbull - 8/05/2020 - 14 comments

China bets they have beaten the pandemic

The Chinese economy is almost back to full production, based on the view that they have already overcome the pandemic.

by Michael Knox - 5/05/2020 - 18 comments

Economic depression, delusion and the media

Editors and corporations don't want the media agenda fixed and focused, on the incalculable damage the virus is wreaking.

by Malcolm King - 27/04/2020 - 14 comments

US economic crash followed by US boom

The US economy will have a large drop in GDP this year but a dramatic acceleration to over 6% next year

by Michael Knox - 23/04/2020 - 3 comments

Australia’s economy after COVID-19

Once the coronavirus disaster ends or wanes, Australia will face difficult economic times for many years because of its growing debt.

by Chris Lewis - 23/04/2020 - 9 comments

Getting Australia back to work

So, on behalf of older Australians, I want to suggest that this plan be implemented as a matter of urgency and that we be given significant work to do to ensure that recovery is achieved quickly.

by Everald Compton - 20/04/2020 - 45 comments

An estimate of the economic impact of COVID-19 on Australia

A plausible upper bound scenario would see Australia’s private consumption collapse by up to 20 per cent on 2019 levels (total $1.1 trillion) which would represent a loss of $220 billion to GDP.

by Flavio Romano - 17/04/2020 - 7 comments