Although student life at university is generally enjoyable, one aspect that blemishes the experience is the astronomical cost of textbooks.
As many students head back to university this year, they can…
It’s time we looked at the idea of for-profit education in Australia.
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By Annette Rome, University of Melbourne and Adam Smith, Australian Council for Educational Research
For-profit education is something that really doesn’t exist in Australia… yet. But in many other countries around the world it has become a normal part of education and there are now many companies providing…
Can ethical markets solve the problems of persistent poverty and global income inequality?
Michelle Brea
In part seven of our multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Adrian Walsh argues that a humane market asks something of us that we may not want to give.
Global challenge 7: How can ethical market…
Can we afford to be laissez faire about amoral economic behaviour?
Carrie Sloan
“Morally bankrupt” is how a recently departing Goldman Sachs executive described the culture of the investment bank. As noted in Business Day, this view “is common among the bank’s critics, many of whom…
Markets responded positively to the central banks' credit lifeline, but serious problems lie ahead.
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For European banks threatened by a looming credit squeeze, the US Federal Reserve’s move to cut the cost of obtaining US dollars rescue hasn’t come a moment too soon.
The Fed’s decision to engage in quantitative…
Does the finance industry rely too heavily on contestable economic data?
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People who work in business and finance are obsessed with economic data releases – GDP growth figures, unemployment rates, trade statistics, and so on.
Business journalists, investors, financial analysts…
Kevin Rudd used to manage his brand well, but was toppled after an advertising campaign against him.
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MEDIA & DEMOCRACY: Today, Andrew Hughes looks at how voters have become consumers of political marketing, as part of The Conversation’s week-long series on how the media influences the way our representatives…
Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel believe an FTT can help solve Europe’s debt woes.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have announced a plan to impose a financial transactions tax (FTT) for the Eurozone, as part of an effort stem the bloc’s worsening…
Foster’s chairman David Crawford is under pressure from a hostile bid from SABMiller.
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If I were a shareholder in Foster’s, which is facing a hostile takeover bid from global brewer SABMiller, there are three questions that I would ask myself before deciding whether to sell my stake.
First…
Uncertainty about the US economy is driving investors back to the safe-haven metal.
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The price of gold reached a record high of $US1607.01 an ounce on Tuesday as investors turn to the precious metal amid uncertain global economic conditions.
University of Western Australian Professor…
“Indignado” protests prove a headache for Spain’s politicians but won’t threaten a greater Europe.
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As international markets react to the unrest in Greece amid fears of contagion, mass protests have also continued in fellow European Union member country, Spain.
This protest movement, called the “indignant…
OPEC president Mohammad Aliabadi believes speculation in futures is inflating oil prices. He is wrong.
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OPEC Conference president Mohammad Aliabadi recently joined a chorus of international observers to blame speculation as the source of ongoing volatility in the global oil market.
Speaking at an OPEC Conference…
