This Month
- Opinion
- Australian economy
The public sector is the key to Australia’s productivity puzzle
There is some cause for cautious optimism for increased productivity in the healthcare sector if outcomes can be more accurately measured and assessed.
December 2023
- Opinion
- Productivity
Be alert but not alarmed about post-COVID productivity slump
There is a lot of noise, and various explanations for the short-term decline, but not yet a clear story of emerging structural impediments to growth.
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Why we need to overhaul the rules around charitable giving
The proposed changes would refocus the deductible gift recipient system towards activities with a greater public benefit.
September 2023
- Opinion
- Productivity
Busting the ‘wage decoupling’ myth
The link between productivity and real wages is robust. And the idea that productivity-enhancing reforms don’t matter for living standards is wrong.
July 2023
- Opinion
- Trade deals
Maintain the free trade rage, like Whitlam did 50 years ago
The economy has changed in half a century. But not the logic that prompted the 25 per cent reduction in tariffs that began the dismantling of Australia’s protectionist regime.