
Jim Stanford
Jim Stanford
This Government Has No Idea How To Prevent A Recession
By any measure, last week was a miserable one for economic news.
By any measure, last week was a miserable one for economic news.
All the news you need to know this Monday.
“Press Play On Tape”.
The official cash rate has been slashed below one percent, as the Reserve Bank again cut interest rates to unprecedented lows.
The government's tax cuts have not immediately paid off in economic gains and Australia's economy remains "weak" according to some, as the latest figures show an unexpected drop in retail spending.
I vividly remember meeting and getting to know John*, a young man in his late teens, through my past work in health and justice.
Blaming the victim is a long and dishonourable tradition in labour policy debate.
Poorer Australians are more likely to be suffer car crashes, drowning, poisoning and burns than those from more privileged backgrounds, a new national report has warned.
Great attention and concern has been generated in recent years about the ‘gig economy’: the many thousands of individuals who perform various tasks and jobs for pay (‘gigs’), organised through web-based apps and platforms.
Global investment bank and financial services provider UBS has placed one of its leading economists on leave after comments he made sparked outrage in China and calls for a boycott.
Just how strong is Australia’s economy really?
The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates to a record low of 1.25 percent, the first movement in nearly three years.
As Malaysia prepares to send foreign waste back to sender, Australia is figuring out how it will cope with the added stress on an already in-crisis recycling industry.
The Reserve Bank of Australia issued its latest interest rate decision this week.
An article posted on Twitter about where you should recline your plane seat in economy has fired up a fierce debate.
It’s time to splash some the of the lucky country’s wealth on our poorest citizens, according to one of the nation’s leading economists.
A million seems like a big number.
The latest World Economic Outlook projections of slowing global growth -- especially China's economic downturn -- do not bode well for the average Australian.
The short answer is no-- but changes will need to be made to save it from demise.
There is a downside to the gig economy.