Finance
Pandemic highlights problems with efficient-market hypothesis

The effect on our economy from the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the problems with market ...  
Our economy is a beast we keep feeding

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

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

IA attempts to translate the PM's ever-confusing messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic.  
ATO and money scams rob Australians of millions

Like many of us, I am an informed and law-abiding citizen.  
The Morrison Government's stimulus may be too little too late

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

George Grundy unpacks UniSuper's significant investments in coal and fossil fuels, questioning ...  
Dear ScoMo: KFC employs more Australians than thermal coal sector

Australia's protection of the coal mining industry doesn't add up from an evidence and economics ...  
Donating to those impacted by Australian bushfires

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

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

The latest ATO annual transparency report reveals one-third of large companies are paying zero ...  
Government report reveals a lagging economy

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'

The Coalition Government says the surge in asylum applications from Chinese and Malaysian citizens ...  
Does the latest Westpac challenge really shock?

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

Rather than working to fix the country's wage growth problem, politicians have instead resorted to ...  
The banking system putting pressure on consumers

New laws are designed to trap us in a web of digital debt, writes Simon Cole.  
Mathias Cormann, Minister for Financial Fudges

Several assertions repeated regularly by the Finance Minister do not stand up to scrutiny.  
Real estate collapse: Purplebricks' road to ruin

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