The third and final part of our series What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa on The Conversation Weekly podcast. Featuring interviews with Sithembile Mbete and Richard Calland.
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Increasing the quality of a traditional wine sourced from plantain in Nigeria offers a viable way of reducing waste and boosting food security.
We estimate that unemployment and underemployment in the 13 years between 2004 and 2016 directly resulted in more than 3,000 Australian deaths by suicide.
The pandemic has changed economic thinking on how low the unemployment rate can go. We now need a new full employment target.
Australia’s employment growth is slowing, but the ups and downs from month to month make it hard say what happens next.
Nigeria’s 2023 budget could worsen the country’s cycle of deficits and debts.
An unfunded expansion of the social transfer system could lead to even worse economic outcomes — the medicine should not be worse than the disease.
High unemployment rates are among South Africa’s biggest challenges. Three of the president’s advisors talk through what is needed to change the status quo.
Bola Tinubu will be saddled with a near comatose economy. Here are four priorities that would make the difference.
What’s driving this new ultra-low unemployment? Digging into economic data reveals something we haven’t seen before – which has already changed the lives of almost 100,000 Australians.
Australia has its lowest unemployment rates in almost 50 years – helped along by high numbers of employees off work sick.
The concept of unemployment and an unemployment rate is fairly new, dating back to the end of the second world war. It’s increasingly unfit for purpose.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Emma La Rouche from the University of Canberra’s Media and Communications team
The share of the population in work has hit an all-time high as the share of the workforce underemployed has hit a 14-year low. The fresh low in unemployment will bring higher interest rates, and perhaps higher wages.
With a monthly minimum wage of 30,000 Naira (US$72), the average Nigerian worker is groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living.
Of the news on prices, wages, interest rates and unemployment, only the unemployment update looks set to be positive for the Coalition.
With employers struggling to hire enough workers, reliance on automation is becoming more of a necessity than just a source of competitive advantage.
Even with the latest small increase, JobSeeker remains low by overseas standards – and, on one measure, it’s the lowest in the OECD.
The March 29 budget will contain “targeted and proportionate” help for families with cost of living pressures and move fiscal policy towards stabilising and reducing debt.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Stay calm, petrol is headed down, budget is improving – economist Chris Richardson
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson about the Australian economy, the budget, and petrol prices
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Senior Research Fellow (Macroeconomics), Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Lecturer in African Studies and International Development, The University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
