We asked four of our regular economics writers to examine a key theme they expect to flare up in 2018 and why.
The 1994 Employment Minister Simon Crean even had to be briefed by officials on the content of the policy when Working Nation was released.
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Cabinet papers released today by the National Archives show Working Nation began as a rational exercise but was soon overtaken by a desire to make the policy everything to everyone.
China’s true economic strength could be overstated as statistics suggest that the US are still top dog.
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According to a new study, there’s a big gap between how much we think we spend on eating out and how much we’re actually spending.
Actress Viola Davis focused her speech at
the 2015 Emmy Awards on diversity, saying ‘The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.’
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The federal government could restore its commitment to creating full employment in Australia, using its spending power to make up for any shortfall in private jobs as it did during the post-war boom.
Computer-based technologies in the workplace are suggested to be causing a reduction in the total amount of work available.
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There are different measures of productivity and the nature of the UK’s problem depends on which one we are looking at.
The paper recognises China will continue to dominate consumption of Australia’s minerals exports, tourism and education services.
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You will find no revisionism in this foreign policy white paper; the first foreign policy white paper since 2003 is firmly in the camp of the status quo.
Academics put Hammond in the spotlight.
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Putting money into the hands of local communities will be a more useful antidote to the whims of world capitalism.
Paper chains hang on the White House fence in Washington in October 2010 during a demonstration against the IMF and World Bank neoliberal economic policies during their annual meeting. Has the term neoliberalism run its course?
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The term “neoliberalism” has a rich history but has it run its course as an accurate concept when so many people have such different understandings of what it means?
The low share of women revealed in this data is problematic for two reasons: a lack of diversity, and what it shows about women’s participation in the social network of informal collaboration.