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Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
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Australia needs to increase productivity in different ways because at the moment living standards are low compared to past years.
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The numerical basis used to study African economies suffers from major knowledge gaps. This needs to improve if numbers are to inform policies that will encourage growth and push back poverty.
The GOP claims its convention in Tampa gave a big boost to the economy, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
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Republicans and Democrats alike claim their conventions provide a big economic boost to their host cities. What’s the evidence say?
Changing a centuries-old format will take some big thinking.
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With the one-city format no longer viable, an Olympics expert proposes a radical new vision for the format of the Olympic Games. It actually makes a lot of sense.
The impact of an uncertain election result on the sharemarket isn’t going to be as bad as Brexit.
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The prospect of a hung parliament or minority government may lead to investor uncertainty and little movement in asset prices.
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Business Briefing: what breeds terrorism?
The breeding ground for terrorism isn't necessarily poverty - it's the middle class.
Australia PBO could be more politically active.
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Business Briefing: how does Australia’s policy costing agency, the PBO, compare?
The Parliamentary Budget Office is being used to cost policies in this election but could it be more politically active?
Youth in France protest changes against changes to unemployment benefits.
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The ladder of social mobility isn’t what it used to be. An expert at Cornell explains how global demographic trends are widening the economic gap among young people.
Lagos bus station. Lessons for Brexit?
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What makes people decide to leave the gang, and how can you convince them to stay?
The treasurer and his shadow went head to head in a debate that covered tax reform, education, superannuation and economic management.
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Analysis tweets from the debate between Treasurer Scott Morrison and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen at the National Press Club
Winning bet?
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But always gamble responsibly…
Eyeing up the future.
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There are three main types of forecast when it comes to the economic effects of Brexit – here’s how to tell the difference between them.
A conservative estimate.
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Voters see claim and counter claim about the economic effects of leaving the EU but the overwhelming consensus among economists is that Brexit will make Britons worse off.
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How much do you spend on a wedding present? Economics has the answer.
Conflict politics on the right and the left.
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The world seems caught between the competing political ideologies of left and right, with capitalism is caught right in the middle.
Lorde performs at the Austin City Limits music festival.
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Unlike museums and stadiums, weekend music and arts festivals can promote culture without gouging taxpayers.
Boston Tea Party: aversion to tax goes way back.
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The war of words: why a report on the EU referendum labelled costs a ‘Brexit tax’.
A special tax paid for the Gold Coast light rail. But there is another way.
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Much of the infrastructure Australia needs will be funded by “value capture” – raising tax revenue by boosting land values. Some have decried it as a tax hike in all but name, but it isn’t really.
A new deal for the people as well as the state?
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Grand plans designed to reduce reliance on oil will struggle to create an economy which helps all the Kingdom’s subjects.
This year’s federal budget will be a tricky affair for government and opposition.
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The impending election will mean a lot of spin and little substance from both sides of government in this year’s federal budget.