Opinion

Vital Signs: Overinflated talk about an index-fund bubble is very passive-aggressive

13 Sep 2019

Michael Burry was right about the bubble that caused the Global Financial Crisis. He's wrong about the next bubble being passive investment.

How philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testing job seekers

12 Sep 2019

We need to look at what's behind arguments for and against drug testing welfare recipients to avoid repeating the same debate, over and over.

Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companies

12 Sep 2019

Most of Australia's biggest companies are majority-owned by US investors. This concentration of overt foreign influence should concern us.

Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality

11 Sep 2019

The Institute for Health and Welfare issued an "errata" to correct statements about inequality that were perfectly correct.

Vital Signs: Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what's gone right

06 Sep 2019

More than good management and more than good luck, we've been blessed by delightfully fortunate timing.

Vital Signs: Business investment is flatlining, and it isn't clear what will help

30 Aug 2019

The government can help boost business investment, but it would take a boost in government investment and would keep the budget in deficit.

We have the blueprint for liveable, low-carbon cities. We just need to use it

30 Aug 2019

The research has been done. The evidence is in. We know how to create cities that are sustainable, liveable and affordable. But we have yet to apply that knowledge widely across Australian cities.

It's not just the ABS. It's also the Productivity Commission downplaying the growth in inequality

29 Aug 2019

Freedom of Information documents show the Bureau of Statistics spent a good deal of effort toning down news of rising inequality. The Productivity Commission seems to have been at it too.

This is why nuking a hurricane will not work, Mr Trump

29 Aug 2019

At best, setting off a nuclear bomb inside a hurricane will do nothing, and at worst it will spread radioactive fallout around the world.

Would you buy a new apartment? Building confidence depends on ending the blame game

28 Aug 2019

Unsafe apartments are being evacuated as confidence plummets – even the author of a report commissioned by building ministers wouldn't buy a new apartment. What will it take for governments to act?

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