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Economic forecasting on Corona Business Insights
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic challenges economic forecasting as fundamental assumptions of economic models will have to be rethought.
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Australia’s links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option
Despite veiled threats from the Chinese government, and the desire in some parts of the Australian community for a split, China and Australia need each other.
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How the economy will look after the coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 will change the economic and financial order forever. Nine leading global thinkers give their predictions.
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The gig economy: a tale of two workers
COVID-19 spawns two classes of employees: The under worked vs the overworked.
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The young will survive COVID-19 better financially as well as physically
Whose retirement will be most affected by COVID-19?
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The oil industry on Corona Business Insights
How the slump in oil prices during the COVID-19 pandemic presents a stress test for the oil industry in a low-carbon future.
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Universal basic income on Corona Business Insights
Why universal basic income could make economies more resilient to crises shock.
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From Neo-Liberalism to Neo-Keynesianism
Having survived a near-death experience during the Global Financial Crisis, neo-liberalism now looks to be in a terminal state.
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Shakespearean AI and the capitalism crisis on The Future, This Week
This week: AI and Shakespeare, the capitalism crisis, and cows in VR.
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Joseph Stiglitz on the age of inequality
Joseph Stiglitz says our rising level of inequality is not the unfortunate by-product of economic development but is the result of deliberate policy choices. Who is making those choices?
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Don’t give up on politics. It’s where the fight for the fair go must be won.
Governments' lack of response to rising inequality is not a problem of knowledge or public support.
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Explainer: how wage growth contributes to the economy
There are economic arguments to be had for ensuring an appropriate rate of growth of real wages.