A multitude of studies have estimated the effect of taxes on country-level economic growth. With so many studies working over a limited number of datasets,… Read More ›
Extraordinary times require extraordinary policy responses. This blog explores the efficacy of ‘child budgeting’ in public financial management (PFM) to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read More ›
Well over three months into a hastily implemented lockdown, India announced and has stepped into ‘Unlock Two’ starting 1 July 2020. The evident lack of… Read More ›
The aging population in Australia threatens the sustainability of the Australian pension system. Projections from the Department of Treasury’s 2015 Intergenerational Report suggest that the… Read More ›
The current recession is very large. Subject to the key caveat that forecasts are subject to really wide bands of uncertainty, Deloitte Access Economics estimates… Read More ›
The 1987 federal election campaign was defined by the TV ad featuring “whingeing Wendy”, a suburban housewife questioning John Howard from her kitchen, with devastating… Read More ›
The fundamental role of government is to secure the welfare and safety of its people. The COVID-19 crisis coming so soon after the summer’s extraordinary… Read More ›
There is a growing interest in quantifying the degree in which fiscal policy instruments, such as government spending or changes in our tax structure, shape… Read More ›
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