by Evatt Foundation | Apr 11, 2014 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 13
Andrew Hussey described Capital in the Twenty-First Century this way:This is a huge book, more than 700 pages long, dense with footnotes, graphs and mathematical formulae. At first sight it is unashamedly an academic tome and seems both daunting and...
by Frank Stilwell | Apr 8, 2014 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 13
The future of QANTAS is important for the Australian economy and society as a whole, as well as for its customers and employees. The company has been an Australian icon for many decades, traditionally symbolizing safety, reliability and quality of service throughout...
by Evatt Foundation | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, Journal, News, Volume 13
Editorial When we hear a conservative politician of Tony Abbott’s partisan ilk seeking to legitimise his direction by appropriating Ben Chifley’s image of ‘the light on the hill’, citizens are well advised to check their critical faculties. There are incalculable...
by Ken Henry | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, Journal, News, Volume 13
Narratives matter.Policy reform proposals are unlikely to be implemented, and even less likely to prove resilient, unless accompanied by a compelling narrative. But compelling narratives can also be dangerous.So it is with the core narrative that has been used to...
by Neal Lawson | Apr 8, 2014 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 13
And so the inquest into the dreadful failure of the Labor Party begins. Or at least it should. But even after such a defeat I worry it won’t. Having long watched the ALP and having spent the month before the 2013 election touring the country from Perth, to Sydney, to...
by Evatt Foundation | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, Journal, News, Volume 13
Company tax rorts The current budget has focused attention on cuts to public spending, but there has been little focus on government revenues.New research reveals 29 per cent of Australia’s 200 largest listed companies pay an effective corporate tax rate of 10 per...
