Column in The Australian - Finally, Lift-off for the Doha Dodo
ONE year ago I wrote in these pages that the world's trading nations must not give up on successfully completing the decade-long global trade talks.
Read moreEmmo Forum Ep 12 - Defence & Asia w/ Hugh White
Column in The Australian - Rationalists Must Stand Up Against The Nationalists
FIVE minutes into the contest for the Coalition government's economic philosophy and it's already Nationalists 1, Rationalists 0. A government that declared Australia was open for business following the biggest investment boom in a half century has sent a shocking signal to global investors by blocking the acquisition of GrainCorp by US firm Archer Daniels Midland.
Read moreEp12 - Defence & Asia w/ Hugh White
Column in The Australian - A Budget Emergency in the Making
Australia’s on-again, off-again budget emergency is on again. But this time it’s real, it’s lurking just around the corner of the four-year budget period and it’s worsened by the unaffordable promises of the new government.
Read moreEmmo Forum Ep 11 - Dog Days w/ Ross Garnaut
Ep11 - Dog Days w/ Ross Garnaut
Emmo Forum Ep 10 - Indonesia w/ Hal Hill
Ep10 - Indonesia w/ Hal Hill
Emmo Forum Ep 9 - Climate Change Propaganda w/ Bernard Keane
Ep9 - Climate Change Propaganda w/ Bernard Keane
Column in The Australian - ALP Must Stand By Its Reforms
AUSTRALIA has been better at economic reform than most developed countries. It's no coincidence that Australia is one of only a handful of developed countries to have enjoyed more than two decades of recession-free economic growth.
Read moreEp8 - Australia's Entrepreneurial Future w/ Brad Krauskopf
Emmo Forum Ep 8 - Australia's Entrepreneurial Future w/ Brad Krauskopf
Column in The Australian - Farmers Hold High Ground
Early in the life of any new government, impressions are formed that can be hard to shake. The new Abbott government seeks to be defined by silence: an understandable refusal to be taken hostage in the desperate battle of 24-hour news coverage. Tony Abbott is attempting to take government out of the lounge rooms of everyday Australians, to make them feel, in the words of his mentor, John Howard, "relaxed and comfortable".
Read moreEmmo Forum Ep 7 - Economic Theory: Progressives & Economics, Partners or Rivals? w/Andrew Leigh
Ep7 - Economic Theory: Progressives & Economics, Partners or Rivals? w/Andrew Leigh
Column in The Australian - No Escape from Electronic Eyes
Amid the controversy about alleged American eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile telephone discussions and the collation of data about global mobile phone traffic, a much quieter conversation is going on here in Australia.
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