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Vision 2045: Shaping Vietnam's future economy through innovation - Part I

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Vision 2045: Shaping Vietnam's future economy through innovation - Part I

Over the last few decades, Vietnam has undoubtedly made its mark on the global economy as a development success story. It has rapidly transformed from one of the world’s poorest nations, into a lower middle-income country within the span of a single generation, largely through Đổi Mới economic reforms.

How do you solve a problem like inequality?

How do you solve a problem like inequality?

The ideal of income equality seldom fails to attract fervent support in society. It is one of those concepts that every reasonable person can advocate. It is now apparent that income inequality has been rising over the past decade. Figure 1 from the OECD’s 2015 report In It Together:

Election 2016: The Innovation Agenda

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Election 2016: The Innovation Agenda

It has been widely recognised that the future of Australia’s economy lies with harnessing the population’s intellectual capital as the nation transitions away from an economy reliant on the once booming resources sector. Research and innovation has thus arisen as an important election battleground, whether indirectly through channels

The (empty) ideas boom

The (empty) ideas boom

Saturday 2 July 2016 will mark the day when the seemingly endless battle between the Coalition and Labour finally draws to an end. Perhaps the most fundamental issue of this campaign has been that of the economy. Both parties have been asked important questions about Australia’s future; how will

Disruptive innovation

Disruptive innovation

Your friend is in the car with you and you are both trying to locate tonight’s dinner party. After a full ten minutes of searching for the place, you come up with a brilliant idea and ask your friend to ‘Melway it’. For the following five minutes you get

Pondering pharmaceutical patents

Pondering pharmaceutical patents

There lies a vast degree of difference in the living standards and Human Development Index rankings between countries today. How can we explain this? Research has shown that statistically, it is not attributable to natural endowments but more so to the inherent quality of institutions [2]. This can be measured

Equilibrium: the non-excludability of good ideas

Equilibrium: the non-excludability of good ideas

Looking back on Equilibrium 2012 I find that yes, it is a review of ESSA’s year and yes it is a memoir, a keepsake, a gift to our members. It is also, more than anything a celebration of economic thought. It is about the thinking and sharing of ideas,