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By 2022 the government will probably have spent half a trillion, but it will be value for money.
If anyone had told the Coalition when it was elected in 2013 that it would be presiding over such a debt level, let alone arguing its virtues, they’d have been laughed out of court…
The economy will be in the doldrums for quite some time, but the budget can cope.
The forecasts in the governments economic statement are “best case”. They assume no further outbreaks of coronavirus.
As state and local governments lure businesses to their shores with financial incentives, a recent study finds that two forms of stimulus spur growth more than others.
The extent of the current economic malaise has much deeper roots than the coronavirus pandemic.
Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences. These researchers found a different way.
An economist puzzles over why fireworks have been going off nightly across the country for so many weeks in a row.
We all think we want equality, but in reality it’s often fairness that is more important to us.
This recession is not like any other in living memory. Phase one involved a massive supply shock. Phase two will involve dealing with a collapse in demand.
PODCAST: The third part of a series from The Anthill Podcast on how the world recovered from major crises throughout history focuses on the recovery after 1918.
Competition in the marketplace for ideas is different to competition in the market for ordinary goods and services. Bad ideas don’t necessarily get trashed.
Jacinda Ardern is at stratospheric support levels due to her government’s management of the COVID-19 crisis. That lead will inevitably narrow by the election – but by how much?
After the pandemic is over, grocery workers and nurses will still be essential. But will they be paid any better?
Tumbling global trade with China proves no country or sector is an island.
Without genuine global leadership the ability of economies to “build back better” after the disaster caused by COVID-19 will unfairly favour wealthier populations and nations.
A new analysis tried to estimate Americans’ ‘willingness to pay’ based on the implied value of social distancing and other public intervention measures.
What is a state’s balance of payments, and why do some pay so much more? An author of a report at the heart of debates over which states should get coronavirus relief funds breaks it down.
A program intended to reduce coca production ended up giving two Latin American countries a big boost to their flower power.
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