Jason Murphy
Journalist and economist @jasemurphy
Jason Murphy is an economist and freelance journalist. He has worked at The Australian Financial Review and for the Republic of Nauru and the Australian Treasury. He blogs at Thomas the Think Engine.
The NSW building commissioner wants apartment buyers to show more due diligence before buying dodgy units. It doesn't work like that.
Our pursuit of 'population, participation and productivity' has created a strong economy. But it doesn't necessarily create a strong society.
Is there any point in playing the lottery? Crikey crunches the numbers behind the weekly Powerball draw.
From supermarkets to human services, these industries don't suffer competition — and Australians are paying the price.
'Australia’s Christmas bonus' has a nice ring to it. Will Josh Frydenberg save Christmas with a fiscal miracle?
Today's jobs aren't inherently worse than those that came before, but they are in need of dire help.
The ACCC crackdown on loyalty programs like Qantas Frequent Flyers, Flybuys and Woolworth Rewards has shown they're all getting far more than they're giving.
Australia's latest retail figures are in, and it doesn't look good. The government needs to throw one hell of a sale.
The G7's aid offering was never going to work in Brazil — a place where national pride and claims about lost sovereignty are political dynamite.
Seeing trade through a lens of winners and losers, power and weakness, is a Donald Trump move. And it's increasingly common in Australia.
