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How to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season
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There’s a small army of spin doctors behind the scenes of an election campaign, finessing every utterance so it fits with the overall strategy. Today's episode is all about the art of political spin.
Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said corporate tax cuts in the US had led to ‘stronger investment, stronger growth, a lower unemployment rate and higher wages’. Let’s take a closer look.
A social media post shared by GetUp! Australia suggested US real wages had dropped significantly following the enactment of Trump’s corporate tax cuts in January. We asked the experts to check it out.
In addition to the jobs claim, Liberal MP Sarah Henderson said 65,000 new businesses had started in the last year, compared to the closure of 61,000 businesses in Labor’s last year. Is that right?
Las mujeres tienen menos que temer que los hombres y probablemente más de lo que beneficiarse con la llegada de los robots.
Women have less to fear than men, and probably more to benefit, from the advent of robots.
The Australian Hotels Association of South Australia claims poker machine reforms proposed by Nick Xenophon’s SA Best party would wipe out ‘many of the 26,000’ jobs in the hotel industry. Is that right?
Research on the impact of corporate tax cuts reaches different conclusions, depending on the time and place it looks at.
The Tasmanian Liberal party is promoting gaming industry estimates that ‘around 5,000 jobs’ would be at risk if poker machines were removed from pubs and clubs in Tasmania. Are the estimates correct?
Queensland Labor claimed it has ‘created 122,500 jobs – more than four times the number of jobs created under the Newman-Nicholls government’. Is that right? We asked the experts.
The Palaszczuk government has achieved better outcomes than the last two Queensland governments.
Taking a look at the likely contenders for the Memorial Prize in Economics gives us an idea of where economics is and where it is headed.
Research doesn’t back up calls for more corporate tax cuts. But there are areas for the government to move to spur foreign investment.
It’s better for the economy for more people to be married because of productivity and efficiency gains. This whole framework doesn’t require people to be of the same or different sex.
Countries that have similar banking levies have seen them passed on to customers.
Restricting ‘good debt’ to funding physical assets could make it harder to fund education, health, and other social initiatives.
Millie, aged 5, wants to know where money comes from. We asked an economist to explain.
Data for 2014-15 from the Australian Taxation Office shows inequality is growing in a number of areas.
In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said 679 of Australia’s biggest corporations pay “not one cent of tax”. Is that right?
Ahead of the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, minister for defence industries Christopher Pyne said a lot of jobs were created in 2016 and Australia has the highest growth rate in the G7. Is that true?
The “no” result from Italy’s referendum is likely to brew political and economic uncertainty for some time yet.
Even if Italy votes for changes that will make it easier for the government to pass economic reforms, the country’s economy will still be in trouble.
Trump’s trickle-down economic ideas to cut taxes and invest in infrastructure may not go to plan. So it’s not the type of fiscal policy leadership the world needs.
Tourism will have to be a key element in future peace-building and peace-keeping strategies in Syria.
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