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PART 2. Modern Monetary Theory

October 15, 2022 by Felix Plunkett

How do government “debt” and the “deficit” operate? How does the government differ from households? Join Felix in Modern Monetary Theory’s answers to these questions.

Why we ought to rethink debt

April 21, 2021 by David Li

What is debt? David explores debt through a moral and economical lens and its implications on our future society. With discussions about happiness and the innate structural deficiencies in hegemony, David guides us through ‘why we ought to rethink debt.’

$663,000 HECS debts and the Government’s new strategy

September 11, 2020 by Gabriel Chenkov-Shaw

Is the Government’s plan to abolish $663,000 HECS debts a necessary measure to minimise wastage of public funds, or is it taking things too far? Gabriel Chenkov-Shaw investigates.

A bitter summer: Greece on the precipice

February 21, 2016July 1, 2015 by Leon Obrenov

A referendum has been called, global markets are frightened. Leon Obrenov outlines the latest developments in the Greek debt crisis, and discusses whether Greece has anything left to lose.

A tough balancing act

February 20, 2016April 29, 2015 by ESSA Writers

Daniel Tan explores what demographic trends mean for the government’s budget repair.

Nuanced debate must supplant budget bluster

February 20, 2016April 22, 2015 by Leon Obrenov

Given our precarious economic position, we must engage in serious discussion about our future and the reform required.

Unemployment v Fiscal Instability: Which is the greater threat?

February 20, 2016March 31, 2015 by ESSA Writers

Matthew Rao determines whether unemployment should take hold of the national consciousness

Does Abenomics deserve a mandate?

February 21, 2016December 10, 2014 by ESSA Writers

Matthew Rao examines the impact of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic approach two years on.

Fear of deflation re-ignites in the Eurozone

October 14, 2019April 22, 2014 by ESSA Writers

Marco Madzzar analyses the economics underlying the re-emerging fears of deflation in the Eurozone

Rodney Maddock explains public debt

July 30, 2017September 24, 2013 by ESSA Writers

Why are we, as Australians, so averse to debt? Professor Rodney Maddock from Monash University explores this question.

What Chapter 9 Bankruptcy means for Detroit

February 16, 2016August 18, 2013 by ESSA Writers

Even wonder what happens when a city goes bankrupt? Does a form of government even control the city anymore? Other questions such as who provides the public services or do the residents still pay tax also come to mind. Since the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection on the 18^th of July 2013 at an estimated $18 billion worth of debt, I guess it is worth talking about it how it could pan out.

Bank of Japan’s monetary policy: Japan and Australia

February 16, 2016April 21, 2013 by ESSA Writers

Last year on December 26^th, Shinzo Abe assumed office as Japan’s current Prime Minister and immediately began fulfilling his electoral campaign promises of bringing sweeping economic reform and output growth to the world’s third largest economy. After suffering decades of lacklustre output and many failed attempts to induce growth, Abe’s policies, both currently implemented and in the pipeline, are the biggest things to hit Japan since Godzilla itself.