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International Prescient president Mike Steketee 8 March 2024 On the Middle East, renewable energy, American power and much else, Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time Working life Back to the office: a solution in search of a problem John Quiggin 23 February 2024 Managers need to recognise that the best way to dissipate authority is to fail in its exercise National Affairs Gramsci’s message for Anthony Albanese Frank Bongiorno 27 January 2024 How the government can build on what’s been a good month National Affairs Tax reform is hard, but not impossible Danielle Wood 7 November 2023 The outgoing Grattan Institute chief executive strikes an optimistic note in this year’s Freebairn Lecture

Books & Arts The ambiguity of hope Nick Haslam 15 June 2023 Do positive expectations and a sense of personal control add up to a unique predictor of wellbeing? Correspondents Where’s the climate action? Michael Jacobs 5 June 2023 The latest UN climate conference is under way in Bonn. But the real action might be elsewhere Books & Arts Stateless, and loving it Ryan Cropp 25 May 2023 Inspired by Hong Kong’s rise, countries all over the world created free-market enclaves. But who has really benefited? National Affairs Five minutes of sunshine? John Quiggin 15 May 2023 The Albanese government has quietly abandoned full employment

National Affairs Neoliberalism’s child John Quiggin 20 March 2023 The latest Productivity Commission report marks the end of an era Correspondents Getting Brexit undone Sam Freedman 20 February 2023 Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary Books & Arts On not burning out Frances Flanagan 16 February 2023 Is the workplace malaise bigger than two organisational psychologists believe? Essays & Reportage Building a better capitalism Peter Mares 9 February 2023 Jim Chalmers’s essay coincided with disturbing British revelations that confirmed the urgency of his concerns. But did he go far enough?