In the second of a two-part series examining the future of Australian climate policy, Fergus Green shows how Australia remains wedded to a model of international climate action that is no longer credible
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Mobile fortunes
Denis O’Brien’s story helps explain what went wrong for the Celtic Tiger, writes Jock Given
16 Feb 12 Comments (0)Greek myths
In Athens Daniel Nethery finds that the conventional diagnosis of Greece’s problems doesn’t quite fit the reality
08 Feb 12 Comments (0)Beyond the boom: the new economic challenge
The mining boom’s benefits for the economy are levelling out and its negative impact is becoming more pronounced, writes Peter Sheehan
24 Nov 11 Comments (1)Cookbooks as military weapons?
Paul Wyrwoll reviews Julian Cribb’s impassioned account of the global food crisis
07 Nov 11 Comments (3)The smoke this time
An encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But the epic days of the 1940s may have something to teach the protesters in return, says David Hayes
01 Nov 11 Comments (0)Profits and prices
Banks’ returns are almost back to the levels of the late boom years, writes Ian Rogers. But it’s the costs for customers, not profits, that we should be focusing on
27 Oct 11 Comments (0)Globalisation at ground level
A new study of Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions reveals a microcosm of “low-end globalisation,” writes Ramon Lobato
17 Oct 11 Comments (0)Tax reform: a world of opportunity
The Henry Report spelt out a series of tax reforms that would increase environmental and social sustainability, writes Josh Dowse. It’s great ammunition for a debate that needs a fresh start
28 Sep 11 Comments (0)What should Obama do?
The US president should start by articulating sound short-term and longer-term economic policies, argues Eric M. Leeper
26 Aug 11 Comments (0)Never so good?
On the anniversary of the 2010 Australian election, Frank Bongiorno – just back from London – contrasts the challenges facing Britain and Australia
21 Aug 11 Comments (1)Living on luck
Michael Gilding reviews Paul Cleary’s analysis of the Australian mining industry
17 Aug 11 Comments (3)Failure in Washington
Talk of an honourable compromise cannot hide an abject failure of economic, social and political vision, writes Geoffrey Barker
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Alarm clocks and barbecue stoppers
The prime minister is losing sight of why governments reform, writes Brian Toohey
06 Apr 11 Comments (0)Living in two worlds
BOOKS | Despite the dominance of mainstream economics, important national differences prevail within the profession, writes Geoffrey Barker
Comments (0)Will the price be right?
With the date for a carbon price mechanism now set, Fergus Green goes in search of the missing philosophy behind Australian climate policy
25 Feb 11 Comments (2)Australia’s tenacious pay gap
Forty-one years after the declaration of the principle of equal pay, we’re still not there, writes Norman Abjorensen
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