Economic Policies
The Nobel Prize winning economist James Tobin once said that the study of economics “offered the hope, as it still does, that improved understanding could better the lot of mankind”. One of the ways in which it does this is through the implementation of economic policy that helps to ameliorate boom-and-bust cycles, reduces unemployment, contains inflation or lifts people’s living standards in sustainable ways.
I’m not a protectionist, but …
Economic Policies | 31st August 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers on 31st August 2011
Transparency in Trade Policy
Economic Policies | 13th July 2011Remarks at a Panel Discussion on ‘The Future of Trade Policy’ at the 40th Conference of Economists, Australian National University, Canberra, 13th July 2011
Yes, we could have bananas …
Economic Policies, Publications | 14th February 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers on 14th February 2011
Debate about banks’ lending rates misses the point
Economic Policies, Publications | 3rd November 2010Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 3rd November 2010
Higher inflation targets would not be a good idea
Economic Policies, Publications | 25th February 2010Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 25th February 2010
Labour Market Flexibility and Australia’s Experience of the Global Financial Crisis
Economic Policies, Labour Market | 15th November 2009Paper prepared by Saul Eslake, Program Director – Productivity Growth The Grattan Institute, 15th November 2009
After the Crisis: What are the Social Policy Challenges?
Economic Policies | 5th November 2009Address to Melbourne Institute and The Australian’s 2009 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, 5th November 2009
Inappropriately low interest rates are as dangerous as inappropriately high ones
Economic Policies, Publications | 17th September 2009Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 17th September 2009