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  • Jan 28, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jeff Borland |Peter Dawkins |Ross Garnaut |Isaac Gross

    1 Introduction The genesis of inflation outbreaks has historically been varied, but in the early 2020s, there is consensus that it was instigated by a combination of pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, heightened public sector spending during the COVID years, and disruptions due to the Ukraine war.1 According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, increases in the prices in both tradeable and non-tradable goods contributed to recent inflation (ABS Consumer Price Index, Australia).

  • Dec 8, 2024 | afr.com | Ross Garnaut

    Australia’s growth in output and real income per person since 2013 has been close to the bottom of the developed democracies. This follows more than two decades near the top. My new book, Let’s Tax Carbon: and Other Ideas for a Better Australia, discusses the causes and suggests a path to better outcomes. Mistakes in monetary policy are prominent. Loading...

  • Nov 27, 2024 | johnmenadue.com | Michael Lester |Ross Garnaut

    Over the past decade, Australia has endured its worst stagnation in living standards since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and has lost its way in terms of economic policies that can restore prosperity, says Ross Garnaut in conversation with Michael Lester.

  • Nov 12, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ross Garnaut

    The idea of open international exchange that framed the Australian reforms of the late 20th century and its subsequent economic success are being challenged in the 21st century. The challenge is intensified by the restoration of Donald Trump as president of the United States.

  • Oct 31, 2024 | afr.com | Ross Garnaut

    In an article six years ago, the late Australian economist, Max Corden, and I discussed how Trump’s main economic policies – higher protection and tax cuts funded by bigger budget deficits – would not achieve their objectives of reducing the US trade deficit and accelerating the increase in manufacturing employment. Indeed, these policies taken together were likely to increase the trade deficit and have little effect on manufacturing employment. Loading...

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