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Empires on which the sun will never set

Economic History

Empires on which the sun will never set

Growth through saving or consumption: Part 2 The world is undergoing a once-in-a-century transition of economic power. Hyperbole and speculation are rife while the passivity of such a transition is still unknown. Drastic changes in the world order have occurred before. Using the litmus test that the world order is

Carbon cost: reflecting upon the repeal

Carbon cost: reflecting upon the repeal

The carbon tax. Briefly here; now it is gone. On Thursday, with a motley crew of new crossbenchers finally pulled into line, Tony Abbott achieved the act that has fundamentally driven his rise from an outlying frontbencher to Prime Minister over the past five years. The repeal of Labor’s

Measuring global poverty

Measuring global poverty

The United Nations and the World Bank define those living in extreme poverty as those living on less than $US1.25 per day. On a global scale, aggregating all possible measures of poverty into a single quantitative measure brings with it objectivity and consistency. But on a fundamental level, it