• Economics

We’re not all Melbournians any more
Glenn FaheyAugust 13, 2020Ideas@theCentre

It’s unsustainable to lump the feds perpetually with the heavy lifting of the economic and...

Deregulate or perish
Simon CowanAugust 6, 2020Ideas@theCentre

The enormous increase in public spending, together with the collapse of public revenues, have resulted...

No, we can’t just print more money during COVID-19
Simon CowanAugust 1, 2020Canberra Times

The Treasurer’s recent fiscal update was pretty grim reading. The enormous increase in public spending,...

Increasing JobSeeker not an open and shut case
Robert CarlingJuly 31, 2020Ideas@theCentre

Should there be a permanent increase in unemployment benefit (now called JobSeeker)? There is widespread...

Cooking up conspiracies
Simon CowanJuly 31, 2020Ideas@theCentre

Conspiracy theories! Every now and then you get caught thinking only gullible Americans, or the...

Managing Covid-19 without lockdowns
Terrence O’Brien, Robert CarlingJuly 28, 2020Spectator

The fight against COVID-19 is a conundrum replete with knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns...

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