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Monster of debt to come
The spirit of Fabius Maximus seems to have taken hold of Kevin Rudd, who thinks that the way to economic salvation is to have a bigger government...
Crazy for Costello
Why the media fascination with Peter Costello? Why the obsession with virtually everything the former treasurer says and does these days - from his...
Solutions to perfect storm remain off the radar
A perfect storm has brought the disastrous economic tidings confronting the Australian economy. The US was the incubator of the present world...
Tighten spending for future
While the state's usual big-ticket items of health and education have had an airing in this election campaign, the economy has taken centre stage...
In praise of the liberal history warriors
Michelle Grattan calls them ‘militants'. Laurie Oakes labels them ‘hard-liners'. Matthew Franklin tells us they're ‘rigid...
We can't spend our way out of this one
The present economic downturn is widely recognised as being, at the very least, the most serious since the end of World War II. It is without...
Textbook example is not grounded in earthy reality
The mistaken idea that there is some monopoly return to land ownership, geo-rent, that can be taxed with impunity simply won't die. It doesn't...
Axe this millstone on employment
If one waits long enough, one might witness the spectacle of the policy wheel turning full circle on payroll tax. In June 1971, prime minister John...
The 'vegemite' syndrome
In a market economy scarce resources, including labour, are used, made idle and redeployed with frequent regularity as producers strive for new and...
Fiscal crunch means state must kick spending habit
From north to south, east to west, state governments are facing a massive fiscal crunch. Victoria is not alone in feeling the pressure. There is...