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How do you solve a problem like inequality?
Income inequality has become a hot-button issue in recent years. Statistics demonstrate that Australia and most of the rest of the world are becoming more unequal? But how did we get to this point? How does this affect the economy? And what is to be done about it?
The Fall of the Trump Travel Ban
After the block of both Trump travel bans, abuse of executive powers is at the forefront of American political discourse. Laura Waring outlines how the Administration tried and failed to ban a substantial portion of the Muslim world from being able to travel to the United States.
Do we live in a post-truth world?
Society and popular culture portrays honesty as noble and lying as immoral. We claim to hate lying politicians, but at the same time happily vote them into office without hesitation. Andrew Wong explores this paradox.
Sense over cents
We all donate to charity, what impact is our money having?
Why Australia won’t ‘pivot to China’
Charlie Lyons Jones explores why a ‘pivot’ to China is not on the cards for Australia, despite the increasing connections between the two states.
Who’s going to pay for climate change?
Julia Pham explores how the social discount rate is used to determine the costs of preventing climate change, and the resulting moral and ethical dilemmas that arise.
America, land of liberty? Part II: Reagan’s rise, liberalism’s fall
Following on from Part I, Yaz explores how Roosevelt’s liberalism reached its peak in the 1960s, only to give way in the years to come to Ronald Reagan’s anti-government, free-market conservatism.
The 2016 Presidential Election: ESSA Reacts
We’re going to have to get used to saying President Trump. ESSA’s team of writers react to a stunning election result.
Trump: how did we get here?
Matthew Rao dissects why we currently find ourselves awash in populism, from Trump to UKIP and everything inbetween.
What the economy would look like under a hypothetical Trump presidency
As a Trump Presidency is looking increasingly unlikely, Julia Pham examines the GOP candidate’s economic policies and explains how we dodged a bullet.
When voters lie…
When a rational American voter heads to the polls next month, we naturally assume they’ll be casting a vote for their favourite presidential candidate. Eddie Go explains how the plurality voting system used in US elections challenges this assumption and fosters the practice of insincere voting.
The 1st Presidential Debate: A setback for the Donald?
A fiery first presidential debate has just concluded over in the United States. After 90 memorable minutes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton left the stage leaving millions with lots to consider. Tom Crowley provides his hot take on the debate.
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