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Respondents wanted to look after older generations more than they wanted to focus on post-crisis growth.
With a deepening climate crisis, unprecedented biodiversity loss and widespread inequality, it’s pertinent to question if indefinite GDP growth will deliver true and long-lasting prosperity.
With skill and support where needed, the government can get us through this, but it’ll be the biggest challenge since the global financial crisis.
As the human costs of the Covid-19 virus epidemic continue to rise, the virus is also taking its toll on global economy, with disrupted supply chains across a wide variety of industries.
The Conversation’s 2020 economic survey points to a dismal year, with no progress on many of the key measures that matter for Australians and an increase in the unemployment rate.
A revolution in ownership must be at the heart of a Green New Deal.
Economic growth is a red herring if economies can’t stop themselves shrinking more and more.
A fairer, greener and more prosperous Australia is possible – so long as political leaders don’t focus just on economic growth.
Climate journalism can play an important role in painting the picture of a post-carbon economy. It should start by encouraging collective action and a sense of empowerment for everyday people.
Contrary to popular belief, entrepreneurship has been on a worryingly downward trend since the 1980s – here’s why.
Economic growth and climate change are related. It is time to question the economics and foster discussions about the hard decisions we must make.
Services have not featured strongly in the economic strategies of developing countries. However, South Africa’s recently published economic reform proposals point to a greater role for services.
The Australian government’s approach to economic growth is strictly conventional, and may be leading to the wrong policies.
Are our brains wired to favour growth over environmentally rational decisions?
Economic growth created the climate crisis and continues to fuel it – ‘green’ growth is no solution.
High levels of inequality damage our health, harm social cohesion and act as a brake on economic performance.
Data science, led by Africa-based scientists, could play a key role in addressing all of the continent’s crucial needs.
Protecting land from being developed intuitively may seem like a drag on local economies, but research in New England finds that it has the opposite effect.
As the US prepares to replace NAFTA, a labor scholar who was critical of Perot but shared concerns about the deal revisits the claim that helped him become the most successful third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt.
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Professor, Monash University
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professsor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of Finance, University of Liverpool
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
