Gordon Campbell on why we should be listening to Ocasio-Cortez about tax
In its attitudes to tax, New Zealand has been the last colonial outpost of Thatcherism. Change, however, may be in the air.
John Quiggin
John Quiggin on Australia’s flirtations with Trumpism
Australia has had no less than four Trumpist political parties and may yet get a fifth. The good news is they have been surprisingly ineffectual.
Gordon Campbell on privatising education, and the Amen Break
John Quiggin’s argument on market experiments seems especially relevant to this country at a time.
The Defence Pretence
Why keep spending billions on defence, when there’s no discernible threat?
Keeping The Sea Lanes Open
Is securing the sea lanes a valid rationale for Defence spending?
Australian Election : Fetishizing The Surplus
Economist John Quiggin on the state of the Australian economy
Do the Right Thing
Everywhere else, countries recognise the need to exempt food from GST