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National Affairs Peter Mares 13 September 2023 Labor and the crossbench have finally come together to tackle Australia’s housing crisis, but more needs to be done
Books & Arts Michael Gill 15 May 2023 Do asset managers own the world? Essays & Reportage Ryan Cropp 24 February 2023 A sociologist ventures into a largely hidden financial system beyond the reach of governments and regulators Correspondents Michael Jacobs 16 November 2022 With financing very much on the agenda, small nations are punching above their weight at COP27 Books & Arts John Edwards 21 September 2022 The global financial crisis dramatically changed the role of central banks — and then the pandemic came along
National Affairs John Edwards 16 November 2021 An inquiry into the bank’s past decade might yield interesting results, but it misses Australia’s real challenge
Correspondents Michael Jacobs 4 November 2021 With the national leaders departing, the climate talks are commencing in earnest. And the optimists see grounds for hope National Affairs Adam Triggs 12 October 2021 The Chinese government’s power to control the fallout from a property crash is a reminder of just how far it has to go — and how far it has gone backwards — in freeing its… Books & Arts Margaret Simons 31 August 2021 There’s plenty wrong with how the Murray–Darling is being managed, but Wall Street isn’t the culprit to target National Affairs Helen Bird 27 August 2021 Despite the early fanfare, the government has backed down on key recommendations of the banking royal commission in the face of industry lobbying
Books & Arts Martha Macintyre 8 August 2021 Gillian Tett, the woman who predicted the global financial crisis, uses anthropological tools to probe how business works
National Affairs John Quiggin 30 June 2021 A class of government bonds with a long history would provide a low-cost way of funding public investment National Affairs Adam Triggs 22 June 2021 Our success in fighting climate change will hinge on whether our financial system is up to the task National Affairs Pamela Hanrahan 23 February 2021 Has the government’s dislike of class actions coloured its view of listed companies’ responsibilities to investors? National Affairs Pamela Hanrahan 2 February 2021 The Reddit army has upped the ante for market regulators, including Australia’s
National Affairs Brendan Coates 30 November 2020 The government’s retirement income review has challenged outmoded views about superannuation
Books & Arts Peter Mares 25 May 2020 Books | Three housing researchers plot the way out of Australia’s affordability crisis International Adam Triggs 25 May 2020 Donald Trump and the Fed are combining with Covid-19 to undermine the dominance of the US dollar National Affairs Saul Eslake 27 March 2020 What are the best estimates of the pandemic’s impact on the Australian economy and the job market? National Affairs Adam Triggs 23 March 2020 Australia and other G20 countries can help minimise Covid-19’s third big economic impact
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 6 February 2019 Kenneth Hayne has shown the way ahead for government, regulators and the banks themselves
National Affairs Michael Gill 5 February 2019 Hayne calls for surgery, Frydenberg takes a tablet National Affairs Kenneth Hayne 5 February 2019 Key passages from the report of the banking and finance royal commission, selected by Tim Colebatch National Affairs James Murphy 6 August 2018 The finance industry is over-represented among political donors. But hedging your bets only gets you so far National Affairs Michael Gill 11 May 2018 The banking royal commission has exposed senior management, boards and regulators to unprecedented scrutiny — and the problems don’t end with the finance sector
National Affairs Milind Sathye 23 April 2018 The government is toughening penalties at last, but the regulators can do much more, says a former central banker
National Affairs Michael Gill 22 March 2018 Finance’s share of the Australian economy is higher than ever, leaving us vulnerable to a growing global liquidity bubble National Affairs John Quiggin 24 January 2018 The quicker the cryptocurrency reaches its true value the better Books & Arts John Quiggin 7 July 2017 Books | A former Morgan Stanley executive does a great job of exposing the flaws in mainstream economics. But his solution has problems of its own Books & Arts Jane Goodall 1 March 2017 Television | Two very different political cultures, and some intriguing similarities, are the backdrops to Deutschland 83 and Billions