Bob Hawke had a huge influence on Tim Harcourt deciding to become an economist. He looks back on a man who shaped a career, and a nation.
- Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
Trade tells a story of modern Australia that began long before January 26, 1788.
The consequences of Brexit mean Australian exporters need to stop focusing on Britain and think more about Europe.
Indonesia is more important to Australia than many Australians realise.
Why are NBA players taking more three pointers, baseball pitchers throwing slower, and soccer player salaries skyrocketing? It all comes down to the economics of sport.
A handful of our business economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.
American policies will change, and this may be a good thing.
Governments have been known to change the definition of anti-dumping tariffs to suit their needs, so accusations of steel dumping from China are still quite subjective.
First clue: inequality.
Challenging, inspiring and funny: a handful of our economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.
Not every Asian runner has delivered a stellar year for Australian exporters.
Joe Hockey thought repeating a few slogans was enough; but selling the economy is harder than it looks.
There’s still some way to go before the 12 countries involved can celebrate.
There was a time when economics was front and centre in political life and debate. Turnbull can help the country return to one that is economically literate.
Most Australian exporters support the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, but it shouldn’t adversely affect labour standards.
Exporters like Australia’s trade agreements, but the public will take more convincing on the benefits.
While Australians understand the political benefits of free trade agreements, many remain divided on the economic merit.
In the wake of Monday’s attempted Liberal leadership spill, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott clearly needs to do something to shore up support. He’s been offered all manner of unsolicited advice…
“Where were you when Gough was sacked?” This of course refers to Remembrance Day, 11 November, 1975, when the elected prime minister Gough Whitlam was sacked by Governor-General Sir John Kerr in cahoots…
Despite recent slumps in economic growth (now at just over 5.4% compared to 10.3% in 2010), former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this year handed the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi a much more…
Poke a Russian bear with a stick and he will retaliate. That’s the lesson facing Australian exporters today. When Australia announced it would join the United States and Europe in placing trade sanctions…
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Australia to talk trade and investment in Canberra and sign a free trade agreement between the two countries, it will kickstart a relationship first formed…
When Qantas wished to outsource some of its engineering operations in the 1990s it came to a compromise with the unions - the 767s would be done in-house, and the 747s outsourced. Decades on, clashes between…
The G20 finance ministers, who have been meeting in Sydney this weekend, say economic grow is still below the rate needed to get people back into jobs. In a statement released at the conclusion of talks…
In Rupert Murdoch’s fly-in, fly-out visit to speak at the 2013 Annual Lowy Institute Lecture he paid tribute to some traditional Australian values and attributed our success to a number of factors. Murdoch…
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