Research shows that low-skilled workers are losing jobs and wages in developed countries because of trade, but the evidence still isn’t there as to who are the winners.
Are you setting a good example for others to follow?
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Put otherwise good people in an environment created by a psychopathic boss and they could end up with ethical blindness.
Before he was the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump accepted three bars of gold bullion as payment for a 10-year lease on a building he owned.
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The people wanted reform but they got excuses, and now populism is winning.
The practice of looking up a future employees’ social media account is widespread but the use of such profiling is blurring the lines between private and public life.
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Employers are increasingly using potential employees’ social media accounts to determine their suitability for jobs. A new study finds employees are uncomfortable with this but accept the practice.
Two million Australians don’t have the financial resilience to pay unexpected bills.
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A new report finds two million Australians lack the resources to bounce back when difficult circumstances arise.
When attendees at the annual Jackson Hole symposium get a chance to chat, they might muse about central banks targeting nominal GDP instead of inflation.
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Federal treasurer Scott Morrison’s diagnosis of the risks and challenges confronting the Australian economy is hard to fault. But tackling those problems will require flexibility from the government.
There’s no guarantee Australia will always be the land of the fair go.
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The new level of inequality that is emerging in Australia is not only a challenge to our morality but a serious threat to our future economic growth.
The report found that Sydney households face the highest transport costs of any city in Australia both in dollar terms and as a percentage of household income.
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The Australian Automobile Association said that a new report showed that “the average Australian family is spending up to $22,000 every year to get around.” Is that accurate?
Australia’s beef exports to China have been falling despite a reduction in tariffs.
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Australia is not mustering the exports of beef it should under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, a new report finds.
Labor leader Bill Shorten has shown, with the announcement of the party’s super plan, that he’s willing to cooperate with the government on some measures.
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Giving rich households superannuation concessions is not justified according to new research which says these retirees spend as much as their poorer counterparts.
Some heavy hitters think it’s time the RBA’s role shifted a little.
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Independent Senator Nick Xenophon wants the RBA to focus on economic growth, and he’s not alone.
An increasingly diverse array of geospatial, network and time-series data is being used to generate new perspectives and insights. Here we see air traffic in England and Wales visualised over satellite images.
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People in all manner of professions from economists and real estate agents to stockbrokers and doctors are beginning to recognise the huge potential and power of unconventional data.
Under the NDIS there are risks for the carers people with a disability employ.
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The roll out of the NDIS means disability service providers and the people they employ are exposed to more market forces and this could result in protection for workers.
Fairfax is caught between boosting a profitable side of its business and retaining its traditional business at a loss.
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Firms that are trying to branch out into new technology, while at the same time retaining traditional business, are facing similar problems to startups.
Deliveroo couriers scored a win this week after strike action helped them get their old pay rate back.
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Are penalty rates no longer relevant in the retail industry — and do they cost jobs? Recent research compared two neighbouring states where one raised rates to the other’s level to find the answer.
