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The (empty) ideas boom
We’ve heard many times that it’s the most exciting time to ever be an Australian. Both major political parties are firmly on board the innovation bandwagon, but how innovative are their policies, really?
Election 2016: The NBN
In the first of ESSA’s election policy explainers, Asanga Seneviratne takes a look at the parties’ policies on the NBN.
Negative gearing: Glue in the “House of Cards”?
Negative gearing will be a key battleground in the upcoming Federal election. Vincent Hardy shows you the lie of the land.
Turnbull’s new economic mandate and the big ‘ideas boom’
Eddie Go gives a brief overview of the new PM’s plans for a more innovative Australia and discusses the emerging shifts in economic policy.
Abbott fiddles while coal burns
The problems posed by climate change require mature debate. Tony Abbott refuses to give it, writes Leon Obrenov.
Carbon cost: reflecting upon the repeal
Brody Viney ponders the intersection of economics and climate change policy.
Gaming the system: predicting university fee decisions
With debate heating up over the future of university fees, Brody Viney tries his hand at fortune telling – the game theory way.
How does welfare relate to productivity?
Daniel Tan takes up the case against reducing welfare, arguing that the Treasurer’s efforts to repair the Budget will not deliver us a productive, growing and sustainable Australia.
Federal Budget 2014: Experts respond
A commentary of the ESA Federal Budget Review featuring Judith Sloan, John Freebairn and Don Harding and topped up with our interviews with each of the guest speakers.
Taxation gone topsy-turvy
In the shadow of the deficit tax, Brody Viney investigates the murky truth of Australia’s taxation history.