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Thinking like an economist can make your next trip abroad cheaper
Global travelers are being increasingly asked if they want to pay for local purchases in terms of their home country currency. Here's why you should resist the strong temptation to do so.
How to drive Britain’s new industrial strategy
From Winston Churchill to the Industrial Strategy Commission: laying down the markers for success.
In India, a legislative reform is needed to push corporate social responsibility
India has gone further than any other country in legislating for corporate social responsibility. But the law should be redrafted to enhance precision and stakeholder orientation.
If only we could see all the credit card fees we pay
As the federal government changes the rules around credit cards, it should force companies to be more transparent about fees.
Are robots taking over the world’s finance jobs?
Banks are relying more and more on robots that perform financial services.
South Australia’s bank levy might be legal, but it may also be politically unviable
Given the small percentages involved, South Australia's bank levy won't interfere with the federal government's levy, and would arguably be compatible with it.
Memo to Gordon Gekko: Ethics, not greed, boost profits
Unethical corporate behaviour isn't just embarrassing from a PR standpoint, it can also be unprofitable for firms and their investors.
The problems with asking banks to police financial abuse
The Law Reform Commission has recommended that banks take 'reasonable steps' to protect vulnerable Australians.
A better alternative to levying the bank tax
Applying the GST to banking has much sounder economic underpinnings than the current levy, would have raised much more revenue, and would have applied to all banks rather than just the big banks.
Why Tunisia’s banks are its main economic weakness
Tunisia's economy has been struggling since the country’s 2011 revolution. Corruption and bad governance within the banking sector is not helping.
VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 2017 budget
The University of Canberra's Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
White monopoly capital: good politics, bad sociology, worse economics
The debate about white monopoly capital in post-apartheid South Africa is good for the country's politics but it tends to come with bad sociology.
Labor to oppose Medicare levy for lower- and middle-income earners
Bill Shorten has said Labor will oppose the budget's increase in the Medicare levy hitting taxpayers on incomes under A$87,000.
Budget 2017: lack of competition is why government is moving so hard against the banks
The budget included a few measures to make the banking sector more competitive, but they don't go far enough.
Banks may squeal about new tax but they are outgunned
But the key point is that the big five banks are the ideal soft target for a tax raid because they are both rich and lacking in friends.
Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann and Anna Bligh on the new bank tax
Despite the hefty tax imposts in Tuesday’s budget, Mathias Cormann still insists the fiscal problem was a spending rather than a revenue one.
Budget bank levy: too big to fail, not too big to take a hit
The new levy on banks from the budget is a small hit to their profit but it could have unintended consequences.
Budget 2017: bank populism will be paid for by Australians
The budget was extraordinary in many ways. It is an abandonment of restraint on taxes by a liberal government. It is nakedly populist and it also acknowledges that government debt can be productive.
The agile working style started in tech but it could work for banks
The agile working style was originally designed by tech companies for efficiency in software development but now one of Australia's big four banks wants to implement this.
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