New finding: boosting JobSeeker wouldn’t keep Australians away from paid work
Incentives, the Freakonomics author Steven Levitt once quipped, are the “cornerstone of modern life”. To this, I would add: only if the incentive is...
Australia’s world-first repository of ‘modern slavery statements’ a step in the right direction
From “fast fashion” to tinned tuna to the components in your mobile phone, what guarantee do you have the goods you buy are slave-free?
The...
Top economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100+ per week and tied to wages
Once about as high as the pension, the JobSeeker (Newstart) unemployment payment has fallen shockingly low compared to living standards.
It’s now only two-thirds of...
From here on our recovery will need more than fiscal policy, it’ll need redistribution
From the 1980s right through to the global financial crisis, the standard response in Australia and elsewhere to too weak or too strong an...
Coon’s rebranding dilemma: polishing a brand name to stay out of controversy
The makers of Coon cheese will no doubt have paid close attention to the publicity surrounding Nestle’s rebadging of its Red Skins and Chicos...
Data from 45 countries show containing COVID vs saving the economy is a false...
There is no doubt the COVID-19 crisis has incurred widespread economic costs. There is understandable concern that stronger measures against the virus, from social...
