Employment & unions

Issue 154 January 2009

Confessions

17th January 2009 - Issue 154 Free entry

Obama's transition looks serene. But, underneath, people like me are trampling on friends and principles in a desperate scrabble to work in highway reconstruction policy

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Issue 153 December 2008

Workers of the world compete

Gerald Holtham

17th January 2009 - Issue 153

Like generals fighting the last war, central bankers and politicians have seen inflation as the enemy of prosperity. In fact, we are suffering from a lack of demand caused by profits outstripping wages in a world of excess labour

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Issue 143 February 2008

The flaws in Flint

Jennifer Moses

17th January 2009 - Issue 143 Free entry

Caroline Flint's proposals on social housing ignore two disincentive effects of the British welfare system

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Issue 141 December 2007

United against WorkChoices

David Ritter

17th January 2009 - Issue 141 Free entry

The Australian Labor party used the Howard government's unpopular workplace reforms to reunite its electoral coalition

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Issue 132 March 2007

Inefficient markets

Michael Prest

17th January 2009 - Issue 132 Free entry

Close scrutiny of the supercasino applications reveals that the mooted benefits of job creation and regeneration may not be quite so clear as they seem

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