Attributing Australia’s economic success to closed borders runs the risk of leaving us with the wrong lesson the next time the things turn down.
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The Conversation’s expert panel predicts prices will rise faster than Australians’ pay can keep up in 2022 – and that’s not their only concern about the local economy.
The African continent stands to lose the most from climate change - here’s what local governments can do to protect it.
The Conversation’s best graphs have removed doubt, surprised, and told entire stories.
The dominant forces in the Coalition seem to have learnt their lesson: Australia’s economy still needs serious budget support.
Radical new thinking is required to fight climate change, and ‘gross ecosystem product’ might help.
The economy shrank 1.9% in the September quarter, but figures released on Wednesday show spending roaring back as soon as the lockdowns ended.
Looking beyond the latest quarterly GDP figures, the truth is we’re getting better off more slowly than before.
Brainard has been pushing the Fed to consider exposure to climate change in its regulation and analysis of banks. That’s sparked fury from Republican senators – and even a Nobel Prize winner.
Outside of a few superstar firms investing heavily in artificial intelligence, investment by Australian businesses has been shrinking for a decade and isn’t set to bounce back.
In its quarterly statement on the economy the Bank is at pains to suggest it won’t be lifting interest rates quickly.
We talk to three experts who argue we governments need to find alternatives for their dependence on economic growth. Listen to episode 39 of The Conversation Weekly.
People inevitably became less contented during the pandemic, but it’s part of a longer trend.
Over the coming decade a new study will put citizens and communities at the centre of efforts to reimagine prosperity and define what constitutes a good quality of life.
Rebasing matters because it makes updated and better data available so that better policies can be designed.
Learning to live with COVID
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
Wednesday’s national accounts show the Australian economy entered the delta storm in a better position than any other developed country’s.
It has consequences for everything from voting rights at the IMF to international borrowing costs.
We looked at 100 years of Tory and Labour governments to see who was better at producing GDP.
Some national economies will return to their pre-COVID levels this year, others not until 2025. What does this imbalance mean for the global economy?
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Economics (Griffith University) and Teaching Associate (University of Queensland), Griffith University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Lecturer in Economics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland