Economics

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21 Dec 2020

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Navigating the next phase of COVID-19: three critical issues for business leaders

09 Nov 2020

Business leaders need to address questions on work processes, performance and virtual teams to improve productivity and engagement through the COVID-19 induced recession, says UNSW Business School.

Vital Signs: We'll never cut unemployment to 0%, but less than 4% should be our goal

30 Oct 2020

A high unemployment rate isn't just bad for individuals without a job, and the costs aren't just financial.

UNSW's Wallace Wurth Lecture: Good Economics for Hard Times

20 Oct 2020

Nobel Prize winners Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee reveal how economics can help solve the thorniest social and political problems of our time.

Vital Signs: Yes, we need to make things in Australia, but not like in the past

19 Oct 2020

There's a strong case for more strategic local manufacturing. There's little case for making cars and trains in Australia.

Why economists are giving the federal budget a 'B' rating

09 Oct 2020

With the government taking on record debt in a bid to pull Australia out of recession, infrastructure-related spending must be carefully managed, says UNSW Business School.

The budget's tax cuts have their critics, but this year they make fiscal sense

07 Oct 2020

The government has brought forward planned tax cuts. And while some say we shouldn't be cutting taxes during a recession, the plan has its merits.

Vital Signs: Google shouldn't subsidise journalism, but the government could

25 Sep 2020

Making Google and Facebook pay Australian news publishers might be good politics, but it is odd economics.

Vital Signs: 50 years ago Milton Friedman told us greed was good. He was half right

21 Sep 2020

Firms should attempt to maximise profits, but if shareholders want it, there's no reason why they can't have other goals.

Vital Signs: How do you fight a recession without precedent?

04 Sep 2020

Most recessions are caused by an overreaction to too much inflation. This one is because we are not spending.

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