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Which departments are the biggest winners and losers in this year’s budget? We’ve broken the budget documents down to show you where the money’s going - and where it isn’t.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers the 2023-24 budget.
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The treasurer has juggled the economics and the politics by going big on spending while keeping a firm eye on inflation.
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If the Reserve Bank is genuinely prepared to cut interest rates as inflation moves back towards its target, we can expect a rate cut within the year.
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A $300 energy rebate and an increase in rent assistance headline Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget.
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This budget contains not only foreshadowed tax cuts, but a range of new spending measures in health, education, infrastructure and aged care.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks to reporters on May 1, 2024.
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The Federal Reserve doesn’t appear eager to cut rates.
Just how ‘open’ is the U.S. after all?
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As of 2022, only Nigeria and Sudan had lower trade-to-GDP ratios.
Service sector jobs have unique risks.
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Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Canada should be making room for measures of personal and collective well-being other than GDP, including price stability, lower levels of inequality and happiness.
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Drawing on insights from their recent book, two academics shed light on why Canada’s anemic growth should be a cause for concern.
A raven lands on the roof of a barn as thick smoke from wildfires obscures the sun near Cremona, Alta., in May 2023.
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Mainstream economics has been complicit in the climate change crisis as it falsely treats climate change as a mere side-effect of production or a minor aberration.
Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman made his mark in many fields (1934-2024).
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Remembering his immense contributions to psychology and economics.
Not famously laid-back.
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Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
Warehouse employees frequently lack control over their own schedules.
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The way jobs are structured affects employee mental health, an analysis of more than 18,000 workers shows.
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The Albanese government in its yearly submission to the Annual Wage Review will argue that real wages of low paid workers should not go backwards.
For love or money?
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A growing number of Republicans say that you shouldn’t be able to divorce simply because you’ve fallen out of love. It’s an idea with a long history.
As more homes like these in Folsom, Calif., add solar power, electricity pricing becomes more complicated.
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California is considering a controversial proposal for utilities to charge customers for electricity based partly on household income. Two scholars explain how this approach could benefit everyone.
Not even she can keep everyone happy.
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Sometimes, good news for investors is bad for consumers.
Teens are more clued in to family finances than many people think.
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A study of more than 100 teens and their caregivers showed a unique link between hardship and behavior problems.
Picturesque but pricey.
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Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
Andrew Leigh at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra, October 5, 2023.
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The Shortest History of Economics is not just a history of economic thought, but a history of economic life.