Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
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Australia needs to increase productivity in different ways because at the moment living standards are low compared to past years.
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Economist, UNSW Sydney
