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Property prices
The nation is finally coming to grips with home affordability
The problems of housing affordability are so serious that everyone agrees – something must be done.
- by Ross Gittins
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Opinion
Trade wars
Trump is intensifying his trade war. Australia may not be immune
Donald Trump is backing up his belief that tariff “is the most beautiful word in the dictionary”.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Federal budget
Everyone hates government spending – until someone tries to cut it
Much of what’s said about government spending will be influenced by partisanship, ideology, self-interest and populism.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
Putin's Russia
‘Slow death’: Russia in deep trouble as its rainy day fund runs dry
Vladimir Putin is nervous and Russia’s billionaire oligarchs are squirming over the state of the economy.
- by Szu Ping Chan
Opinion
Mental health
I grew up with social media but dodged its worst effects. I might be the exception
New research indicates young people’s plummeting mental health isn’t just correlated with social media use – it’s caused by it.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Inside China
China’s ‘Mr Big’ is playing a dangerous game with Trump
Dealing with an unpredictable, domineering Trump is not for everyone. Is Xi Jinping up for the fight?
- by Shuli Ren
Opinion
Global economy
In 50 years, Trump will be remembered as just a puzzling footnote
No profession spends more time contemplating the future than economists. Are they any good at it? Well, no, not really.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inside China
China’s ‘artificial sun’ has sent shockwaves through the West
The emergence of a grainy series of satellite images taken over a city in central China has fuelled fears about the future of energy.
- by James Titcomb
Opinion
Trade wars
Trump fires first shot in his self-destructive war on the world
Donald Trump has spent the first two weeks of his second term as president sowing chaos and fear within the United States. Now he’s doing the same around the world.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Education
Want more economics students? Drop the obsession with maths
Fewer students are studying economics at high school, and few of those go onto a dedicated economics course at university. And that’s a problem.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
Trade
What are tariffs and how do they work?
Get the lowdown on who pays for them, what they protect and how countries may retaliate.
- by Paul Wiseman
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