March 2024
The idea of Chinese exceptionalism just won’t die
Democracy, human rights and the rule of law are not a Western fixation, whatever ‘The New China Playbook’ suggests.
- Yasheng Huang
November 2023
- Opinion
- Culture wars
The right is out of love with capitalism
Prosperity is taken for granted and freedom is an optional extra. Conservatives are looking for a new sales pitch, and it’s not Adam Smith.
- John Roskam
January 2023
- Opinion
- Social media
Why there is no Facebook revolution on the way for Iran
The history of Middle East revolts shows that social media is no substitute for the emergence of a genuine civil society.
- Tanveer Ahmed
September 2022
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
The lunch that changed Australia’s economic destiny
Paul Keating and Bill Kelty hatched Australia’s extraordinary superannuation system over tandoori chicken in Melbourne. Thirty years later, they explain why they tore up the retirement rule book.
- Jennifer Hewett and Tony Boyd
October 2021
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Media Watch should back off Pru Goward pile-on
The role of Media Watch should be to push back against social media-framed outrage pile-ons, not encourage it.
- The AFR View
November 2019
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Fall of the Berlin Wall reminds us why markets matter
The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall reminds us that a global order based on markets and democratic values is where history still leads.
- The AFR View