Foreign investment, the economic stimulus we love to hate

If foreign investment in Australian businesses is so unpopular with so many people, why do we persist with it?

Preachers of innovation should start by healing themselves

Everyone accepts the importance of innovation and agile thinking but, as with most professions, it doesn't come easy to economic practitioners.

Australia and China, a changing partnership

You don't need me to tell you we lucked out when we sited our island continent not too far from China. But will our luck hold?

Why Treasury is wrong on deficits and debt

We're already back to a balanced recurrent budget. So why so much hand-wringing?

Why the era of economic reform has ended

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In case you haven't noticed, you're staring at the end of the era of economic reform. It has ended because it's come to be seen by many voters as no more than a cover for advancing the interests of the rich and powerful at their expense.

The difference between Australia and China

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Sorry if I sound wide-eyed, but I was mightily impressed when I visited China as a guest of the Australia-China Relations Institute. Those guys are going places.

Australia not part of China's Silk Road expansion of trade

You've heard of belt and braces. You may even have heard of one country, two systems. But have you heard of One Belt, One Road? No? Rest assured, you will.

China will keep doing its own thing

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On the prospects for China's economy, it's easy to be wrong. We analyse unfamiliar things by comparing them with things we understand, but China is one of a kind.

Liberals ignore the moderate middle at their peril

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The lack of political donations from companies during the election should send a clear message to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull