The Global Financial Crisis
Economics & Deregulation / The Global Financial Crisis
What caused the Global Financial Crisis of 2008? What does it mean for the Australian economy, and the rest of the world? And what can we do about it?
Governments around the world are trying to spend and regulate their way out of the economic crisis. The Institute of Public Affairs has argued loudly and forcefully that the crisis may be bad, but responding to the crisis with bad policy will only make it far worse. This section collates the best IPA commentary on the crisis, its causes, and its consequences for politics and the economy.
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Farewell to politics of plenty
These days there's not too much talk about a soft landing for the global economy. The descriptions of the landing we can now hope for from the...
The system suffers when everyone has somewhere to hide
This global financial crisis is testing to extremes every idea and tool economic regulators possess. But regulators don't demonstrate any...
Bet your sweet bippee it's a crisis
The meltdown on Wall Street will hit all world economies. The cataclysm follows from bankers combining and repackaging mortgage and other debt to...
Let banks and instos make own credit decisions
According to US betting market Intrade, there is a 65 per cent probability that the US economy will experience a recession sometime in 2008. Some...