Abbott, Piketty and the Spirit of the Times
In bringing down a budget distinguished by inequity, is the Abbott government running with or against the spirit of the times? Given the...
Debt and Discipline from Cradle to Grave
It is hard to underestimate the scale of the transformation being attempted by this budget. It is true that it continues on trends begun...
Qantas: A Case for Public Ownership
There is now only one way of ensuring Qantas continues as an Australian airline: returning it to public (the Australian Government’s)...
The G-20 Finance Ministers and the Coalition’s Agenda
It was perversely amusing to watch the overdone theatrics involved in the recent meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in...
Rebuilding Under Abbott: interpreting the Federal Election, its political economic context, and the
The election of the Coalition has already had an impact. New coal mines, turning back boats of desperate people and defunding renewable...