Essays & Reportage
14 October 2021
Why is Australia among the few Western countries that don’t tax inheritances?
National Affairs
24 September 2021
It might be ill-conceived, but at least the latest inquiry into housing affordability is generating high-quality evidence
From the archive
21 September 2021
Are we creating a society Jane Austen might recognise?
National Affairs
14 September 2021
The post-Delta economic boom will be shorter and smaller, but it might be the government’s last chance to implement reform during good times
National Affairs
31 August 2021
Developing countries could experience a wave of financial pain when the rich world lifts interest rates. But it doesn’t have to be that way
National Affairs
19 August 2021
Mergers and acquisitions are booming, but their benefits are often overstated and their costs greater than ever
Books & Arts
25 June 2021
Our faith in meritocracy is stopping us from thinking clearly about inequality
National Affairs
21 April 2021
Does focusing on the gender gap in retirement incomes miss the bigger picture?
National Affairs
23 March 2021
Why haven’t we learned more from the West’s golden age, the long postwar boom?
National Affairs
22 March 2021
Labor is under pressure to wave through tax cuts that will make the tax system less progressive — and don’t stack up economically
National Affairs
3 March 2021
Ever the optimist, Ross Garnaut has a plan for Australia’s economic future
International
2 March 2021
Sharing vaccines fairly is not only an ethical imperative but also essential to controlling Covid-19
International
1 March 2021
Informal workers in Latin America search for ways to survive during the pandemic
National Affairs
18 February 2021
Good intentions won’t solve the problem of Australia’s increasingly segregated school system
National Affairs
15 February 2021
Australia’s housing market goes crazy — again
International
11 February 2021
Covid-19 hit the United States hard, but life expectancy was already falling. The lessons for other countries are clear
National Affairs
5 February 2021
The superannuation guarantee shouldn’t rise until the system is made fairer
Essays & Reportage
27 November 2020
Books | Are myths about jobs stopping us from seeing our working lives clearly?
National Affairs
23 November 2020
Years of progress in reducing poverty will be wasted if we don’t change how financial markets treat developing countries during the pandemic
National Affairs
2 November 2020
Researchers have identified how to help struggling households more equitably
National Affairs
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
National Affairs
7 October 2020
The government needs to do more to share the risks during the recovery
Essays & Reportage
29 September 2020
With governments unwilling to fix taxes or borrow, perhaps even Ronald Reagan has something to teach us
National Affairs
11 September 2020
How one economist came to have doubts about the plan to lift the compulsory superannuation contribution rate
National Affairs
2 September 2020
It’s time to recognise the multiplier effect of investing in early childhood education
Essays & Reportage
31 August 2020
Can the latest push to evaluate Indigenous programs really Close the Gap?
National Affairs
11 August 2020
Adrian Piccoli’s plan to fully fund non-government schools would reduce educational inequality
Essays & Reportage
23 July 2020
The struggle to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare has been given new momentum
Essays & Reportage
21 July 2020
Rather than handing over the job to charities and philanthropists, it’s time for Western governments to act decisively
National Affairs
1 June 2020
Breaking self-perpetuating cycles of rising inequality will be key to Australia’s economic recovery