Carbon pricing works: the largest-ever study puts it beyond doubt
Jul 14, 2020 09:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? Thats the economic theory. Stated baldly, its obvious, but there is perhaps a tiny...
Cutting taxes for the wealthy is the worst possible response to this economic crisis
Jul 14, 2020 09:32 am UTC| Economy
Australias response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly considered one of the worlds best. At their best, our federal and state politicians have put aside the sterile games dominating...
Renovations as stimulus? Home modifications can do so much more to transform people's lives
Jul 14, 2020 08:45 am UTC| Economy Insights & Views
The stated purpose of the Morrison governments HomeBuilder program is to stimulate the economy and create construction jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research shows home improvements could do much more than just...
Yes, there are millionaires who pay no tax, but crimping deductions mightn't help
Jul 14, 2020 08:44 am UTC| Economy
For some people tax time will result in no tax paid this year, and if past years are anything to go by, about 50 of them will be millionaires. Not mere millionaires, but millionaires earning more than A$1 million per...
Homeless numbers set to rise – but lockdown shows government can solve this
Jul 14, 2020 08:38 am UTC| Economy
At the start of lockdown, there were many heartwarming stories of countless restaurants, cafes and bars that turned their attention and resources to feeding the homeless for free. There was also a considerable financial...
Leicester lockdown: blame on minority communities needs to be challenged
Jul 14, 2020 08:17 am UTC| Economy
The city of Leicester and some surrounding areas entered the UKs first localised COVID-19 lockdown on 30 June. Discussions that were supposedly centred around a public health concern regarding the spike in new COVID-19...
China's railway trips decline 54% in first half
Jul 14, 2020 01:48 am UTC| Economy
The China State Railway Group Co Ltd. recorded 818 million railway passenger trips across the country in the first half of 2020, which represents a 53.9 percent year-on-year decline. The company expects railway...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight