Economic reality bites the net zero faithful
Here’s a wicked political dilemma: When faced with the choice, do you tell a hard truth and risk losing votes, or mouth a popular mantra and lose your soul?
The time is now for tourism economic free zones
New industry alliance urges more countries to follow Indonesia and Latin America’s lead
Why Javier Milei is today’s most exciting politician
Javier Milei promised the most fascinating liberal economic experiment the world has seen in a long time.
Government spending and jobs are productivity killers
Business needs to push back harder on efficiency-busting IR laws. It must challenge head-on union claims that shorter working hours for the same pay is somehow good for productivity.
More than 50pc of voters now rely on government for their main income
A “culture of dependency” has lifted spending to its highest level since World War II, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme is the chief culprit.
Energy transition that is becoming an end unto itself
High costs and inefficiency are the opposite of productivity
Biggest drag on our nation is ineptitude of government
“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” So said president Ronald Reagan, famously or infamously depending on whether one is a believer in big government or not.
Gina Rinehart says Rio Tinto chief should be based in Perth
Rio Tinto’s new chief executive, Simon Trott, departs his iron ore-specific role with storm clouds lingering over the company’s capacity to hit full-year guidance.
Jim Chalmers should ignore the ‘gurus’ and look to Argentina for economic tips
Thank goodness Argentina’s charismatic, libertarian President, Javier Milei, didn’t listen to mainstream economists. He appears single-handedly to have revived his nation’s economic fortunes, after decades of misery, by doing precisely the opposite of what some of the world’s most eminent economists advised.