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Chalmers must feel an element of deja vu. He was a senior staffer to then treasurer Wayne Swan during the global financial crisis.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will tell parliament on Thursday that estimated growth has been cut by half a percentage point for last financial year, this financial year and next year.
A 1972 report warned that unchecked consumption could crater the world economy by 2100. Fifty years and much debate later, can humanity innovate quickly enough to avoid that fate?
Infrastructure has been rife with controversy for years. Can a new department secretary make a difference?
As authorities desperately seek aid, the Sri Lankan crisis continues.
Other presidents used the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel supplies. Biden is now using it to boost clean energy. But just ramping up production isn’t enough to succeed.
Humans have failed to take good care of the ocean — and the environment at large — because we undervalue its goods and services.
The 2022-23 budget is the result of a good plan, well executed. But whichever party next takes government must close the deficit gap – without resorting to austerity.
The budget forecasts and unemployment numbers show Josh Frydenberg’s COVID support spending has paid dividends.
A focus on raw intellectual talent may unintentionally create a cutthroat workplace culture. New research suggests women’s preference to avoid that environment may contribute to gender gaps in some fields.
Anthony Albanese will declare he would govern on the Hawke model of consensus, in a Wednesday economic speech that also directs a strong pitch to business.
Taxes are more than mandatory payments required by governments. Understanding the essential aspects of taxation can help prevent ethically and legally questionable taxes from being imposed.
Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
Research shows people want government to restrict excess consumption through regulations, not just to rely on citizens to make better choices.
Providing government subsidies for emerging clean technologies could unlock their transformative potential.
Surfing’s benefits to well-being aren’t often studied in economics terms. This is a major gap in our knowledge we’re now trying to fill.
It’s easy to be swayed by the grand promises of AI. But new technology is not the solution to everything. Do your sums first.
Australia’s ‘blue economy’ needs a strong basis in marine science.
How economic thinking on climate change has evolved since the 2006 Stern Review.
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