US President Donald Trump’s vision of the global economy as a zero-sum game is at odds with Australia’s experience.
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To really show its pro-trade colours, Australia’s government should stop flirting with Trump’s new anti-trade wave.
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Much of American power is built on its position at the heart of the international trade and finance system.
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The 20 largest OECD countries alone have a US$78 trillion shortfall in their pensions obligations.
Larry Fink, right, shared a stage with several of the CEOs he urged to spend more time doing good.
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Companies are flush with cash and profits and soon will have even more once the tax cut takes effect. So they can afford to be good again.
South African Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, is expected to push the agenda of developing countries inside the IMF.
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The governor of South Africa’s Reserve Bank has been appointed to chair an important IMF committee. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa stand to benefit.
With so many global flashpoints, and so little diplomacy, 2018 could be a turbulent year.
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From an Australian perspective, shifting power in the Indo-Pacific will be of primary importance in 2018 and beyond.
The gap between rich and poor is growing.
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Discussions around inequality have lacked hard data – until now. A new report shows inequality levels around the globe.
Before financial services, the Isle of Man’s economy relied on tourism.
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From ‘holiday isle’ to ‘tax haven’: the Isle of Man is no paradise for locals.
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The morality of tax avoidance becomes problematic when it is aggressively pursued through creative schemes.
This man may soon be the world’s ‘second-most-powerful person.’
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The chair of the Federal Reserve is often considered the world’s ‘second-most-powerful person.’ So who is Jerome Powell and why does it matter that he may soon head the Fed?
The crisis hit the high street bank in 2007.
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The 2007-08 financial crisis affected the world’s advanced economies in profound ways and the ripple effects continue to today.
Catching you out with the small print.
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Research with call centre workers shows mis-selling is an entrenched and accepted feature of financial sales.
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The finance industry has developed a powerful set of tools over the years, which could be used to improve well-being and solve our environmental problems.
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Blockchain technology is familiar to us in the form of digital currency bitcoin. And if it makes it way to the mainstream, could it change the way the world does business forever?
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Differences in attitudes toward globalisation makes cooperation between the world’s leading economies extremely difficult.
A lot is riding on the first head-to-head meeting between Trump and Xi.
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Nothing less than the fate of the global economy lies in the balance as the two strong-willed leaders sit down for their first one-on-one meeting.
Manufacturing is expanding around the world
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There’s good news from manufacturers around the world, and this should feed into economic growth.
Economists need to focus on the role white privilege plays in modern, growing economies.
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Traditional economists cannot quantify or measure the effect of white male privilege in facilitating business dealings or obtaining employment in emerging market economies.
A French exit from the EU would make for the inevitable implosion of the European project.
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Yes, Brexit is really happening, and what comes next could determine whether we see another global financial crisis.
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Increasing inequality, environmental degradation, financial instability – it’s clear the current system is broken.