Pandemic highlights problems with efficient-market hypothesis

9 Apr 2020 | The effect on our economy from the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the problems with market ...  

Our economy is a beast we keep feeding

4 Apr 2020 | Many of us right now are gaining a better understanding of the economy and how destructive it can ...  

JobKeeper Payment a gun to the heads of over one million temporary entrants

31 Mar 2020 | The JobKeeper Payment is a massive tourniquet for the Australian economy but for over one million ...  

Navigating the virus: Where to go, what to do and how to get help

23 Mar 2020 | IA attempts to translate the PM's ever-confusing messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic.  

ATO and money scams rob Australians of millions

22 Mar 2020 | Like many of us, I am an informed and law-abiding citizen.  

The Morrison Government's stimulus may be too little too late

17 Mar 2020 | The Morrison Government has announced a $17.6 billion economic stimulus package to stave off a ...  

A question of ethics: UniSuper's investments in fossil fuels

15 Mar 2020 | George Grundy unpacks UniSuper's significant investments in coal and fossil fuels, questioning ...  

Dear ScoMo: KFC employs more Australians than thermal coal sector

12 Feb 2020 | Australia's protection of the coal mining industry doesn't add up from an evidence and economics ...  

Donating to those impacted by Australian bushfires

13 Jan 2020 | Corinna Elaine, a 2013 Dunalley bushfire victim, discusses how to best support traumatised fire ...  

#4 TOP STORY OF 2019: Australia's very weak economy makes global headlines

31 Dec 2019 | Alan Austin's economics pieces are immensely popular amongst readers — probably because he ...  

The corporations making big money, paying no tax and laughing at us

17 Dec 2019 | The latest ATO annual transparency report reveals one-third of large companies are paying zero ...  

Government report reveals a lagging economy

11 Dec 2019 | Last Wednesday’s release of the national accounts for the September quarter confirmed what we ...  

Visa applications from China and Malaysia surge due to 'poor policy'

2 Dec 2019 | The Coalition Government says the surge in asylum applications from Chinese and Malaysian citizens ...  

Does the latest Westpac challenge really shock?

25 Nov 2019 | Despite the Royal Commission, Westpac operates with a degree of brazen immunity and it's hard to ...  

Attacks and defiance plague progress on wages and jobs

20 Nov 2019 | Rather than working to fix the country's wage growth problem, politicians have instead resorted to ...  

The banking system putting pressure on consumers

27 Oct 2019 | New laws are designed to trap us in a web of digital debt, writes Simon Cole.  

Mathias Cormann, Minister for Financial Fudges

16 Sep 2019 | Several assertions repeated regularly by the Finance Minister do not stand up to scrutiny.  

Real estate collapse: Purplebricks' road to ruin

4 Sep 2019 | Purplebricks' short stay in the Australian market didn't go well, reports Tarric Brooker.