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The World this week with ESSA

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The World this week with ESSA

This week: Mitt Romeny and Obama are probably the two most talked about people in the world right now so we are jumping on the bandwagon. Also why you shouldn’t date Economist but you should pay your taxes. ESSA, 28 October 2012 Around the world A slow convalescence under

Mining Not A Boom For Women

Mining Not A Boom For Women

I have written previously on inequality and gender relations in the Australian economy and, in light of ESSA’s upcoming Q&A, I thought I would put an immigration and two-speed economy spin on the topic. There has been considerable dialogue on whether the two-speed economy is causing inequality – between

A Broader View of the so-called Resource Curse

A Broader View of the so-called Resource Curse

In light of ESSA’s upcoming Q&A event, this article will explore some of the effects of Australia’s two-speed economy and how it relates to the wider notion of a ‘resource curse’, ultimately branching out to include some of the social and political consequences often befalling countries which

Structural Changes in the Australian Economy: Part 2 – The Two Speed Economy (Q&A special)

Structural Changes in the Australian Economy: Part 2 – The Two Speed Economy (Q&A special)

Many of you would be aware that ESSA is hosting a Q&A event on the evening of Thursday August 16th, where our brilliant panel will be answering questions on immigration and the two-speed economy. In honour of Q&A, I have decided to continue my series on structural changes

Structural Changes in the Australian Economy: Part 1

Structural Changes in the Australian Economy: Part 1

Part 1 – The Modernisation of China, Our Commodities Boom, and Structural Adjustment. This article is the first of a series of macroeconomic analyses which I’ll be conducting on the changing structure of the Australian economy. In recent years, economic commentators and policymakers alike have been uttering the words “structural