Divisions over public debt
by William Mitchell | Jan 29, 2003
The recent Commonwealth Treasury Debt Management Review highlights the damaging divide among 'progressive economists' in Australia when it comes to macroeconomic analysis. This...
States of mind: Australia & New Zealand
by Stuart Macintyre | Dec 29, 2002
Nation-building in the antipodes, 1901 & 2001Throughout the past year Australians have been marking the centenary of their nation-state. The program of commemorative events...
Is zero government debt desirable?
by Tony Aspromourgos | Dec 18, 2002
This seminar addresses the fact that - due to a sequence of budget surpluses, but more importantly, actual and prospective privatisations - Commonwealth public debt could be...
Politics & the English language
by George Orwell | Dec 18, 2002
Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything...
The enduring significance of John Rawls
by Martha Nussbaum | Dec 18, 2002
John Rawls is the most distinguished moral and political philosopher of our age. Initially isolated in a world of Anglo-American philosophy preoccupied with questions of logic...
Different dimensions of debt
by Frank Stilwell | Dec 18, 2002
Politicians in this neoliberal era are wont to boast of their commitment to the reduction of debt. Peter Costello is now talking of zero debt for the Commonwealth government,...
Commonwealth Debt Management Review
by Evatt Foundation | Dec 18, 2002
This is a submission to the Commonwealth Debt Management Review, in response to the discussion paper: Review of Commonwealth Government Securities Market of October...
What women want
by Carmen Lawrence | Nov 14, 2002
Is paid maternity leave enough?My topic takes the form of a question: "what women want: is paid maternity leave enough?", a question I can answer very quickly and simply. "No."As...
The trouble with PPPs
by Evatt Foundation | Nov 14, 2002
It’s corporate welfare, argues Christopher Sheil.
PPPs in South Australia
by John Spoehr | Nov 14, 2002
Partnerships, privatisation & the public interest"Six years ago, we were looking at returns of 15 per cent, now we are looking at 10 or 12 per cent, because the market is...