Weekly roundup Saturday 12 April
Now for the batteries
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
The campaign
Those debates – did they say anything about policies? The unbearable lightness of the campaign. Didn’t the Coalition know that sacking public servants and calling them back to the office wasn’t going to be a winner? Elections explained.
Trump’s shadow on our election
How Trump may be saving us from a Coalition government. A description of America as a country in the last stages of advanced capitalism. Was Dutton’s anti-Semitism push imported from America? Dealing with Trump after the election.
Energy policy
Two cheers for Dutton’s gas reservation plan, but the Coalition still has a high-cost-high-emissions energy policy. Why we don’t need electricity retailers.
Other economic policy
A reminder to the Reserve Bank: don’t panic but don’t hold back on cutting interest rates. A proposal to rectify a 26-year-old distortion in capital gains taxation.
Other public policy
There’s too much confusion and misinformation about immigration, blocking serious debate about population policy. How to deal with violence against women and children: don’t rely on one grand policy.
Public ideas
We have dealt with disruptions for 400 years but the disruptions we now face are particularly challenging. Trump’s appeal in Appalachia and beyond. Another reason why people vote against good governments.
Penguin tariffs
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