economic policy - Economics Students Society of Australia

economic policy

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How aged care wages paint a powerful narrative of glaring inequality

economic policy

How aged care wages paint a powerful narrative of glaring inequality

Right now, the aged care sector is the epicentre of the fight against COVID-19 in Victoria. There are currently 7,877 actives cases in Victoria, with 1,144 of those in Victorian aged care settings where 184 deaths having tragically taken place. [1] Deaths in aged care make up 64%

The disconnect between economic policy and thought

The disconnect between economic policy and thought

One of my old economics lecturers used to advise the government on economic policy. He once told me that presenting economic policy to the government can be very unrewarding. He said that what the government considers to be sound policy is often rejected under the guise of being bad politics.

Agricultural Productivity

Small Man Syndrome

The Federal Government recently announced measures to assist Australian farmers in restructuring their debt and to invest in productivity. Among the measures include concessional loans of up to $650,000 for debt-ridden farmers. The announcement came just days after the premier of WA rejected calls by the state’s farmers

What Governments Do, Don’t Do, and Can’t Do

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What Governments Do, Don’t Do, and Can’t Do

When you consider what ‘government policy’ really means, most tend to think of actions made by government on production, distribution, consumption and identity issues, and rightly so. Public policy mainly concerns both the formulation of goals across these many areas of life and implementing ways of achieving these goals (Australian