Scott Colvin: Who could have predicted, even two months ago, that a global pandemic would capture so much of the world, … More
Category: New Economy Journal
Democracy, with all its Shortcomings, is Still Worth Defending
Astra Taylor’s book ‘Democracy May Not Exist But We’ll Miss it When it’s Gone’ (Verso, 2019) is, at its core, … More
Demand the Future: COVID-19 and the Economics of Opportunity
Crises don’t break societies, they reveal what’s already broken, and the global pandemic that has resulted from the COVID-19 virus … More
Book Review: The Economics of Arrival
The premise of Katherine Trebeck and Jeremy Williams’ new book The Economics of Arrival boils down to the following: (1) the concept … More
What Could Have Been
The Labor Party has lost the unlosable election, and with it, the chance to change Australia’s course towards something approaching … More
School Strikes for Climate: At the Coal Face
A funny thing is happening in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election: young people, a traditionally apathetic mix of … More
An interview with Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer
Co-authored with Duncan Wallace. * * * Tony Benn, the … More
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