Australia's business elite remains convinced all it needs to do to restore community trust is offer a better "narrative". It's a view only the deeply delusional and out of touch could possibly hold.
Yes, there was a "GDP per capita recession" in the second half of 2018. But no, we shouldn't be emphasising it.
The latest scare campaign against industry super funds is the fantasy that trade unions will start calling the shots for big business.
Important data released this week will give us an idea of how the economy fared in 2018 — and enable us to assess the government's claims to economic competence ahead of the election.
The claims that the Liberals are engaged in an attack on welfare aren't actually backed up by the numbers.
Voters in other states should cross their fingers and hope that Gladys Berejiklian's NSW Liberal Party is returned to government for the sake of the national economy.
Without bigger and more militant unions, Australian workers will go at least a decade without decent wage rises.
Employment is once again growing very strongly — especially in NSW. So why are they getting zero credit for it from voters?
Poor wages growth is continuing for most Australian workers but very low inflation means real wages are up, even if they don't feel like it.
How Paul Krugman, one of the world's preeminent economists, explains the rise of the trade wars.
