The case for a basic income, no questions asked
What if the right to an income was as basic as the right to vote?
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Peter Martin
Peter Martin is the Economics Editor for The Age.
The untruths we're being told about coal
From dead birds to power outages in severe storms, it seems that wind power can be fitted up for anything.
Trump win is disastrous for Australia
President Donald Trump will declare economic war on our biggest customer, wipe unprecedented amounts off global stock markets, usher in extraordinary financial instability, and risk turning the the world's biggest economy into a basket case by pushing its national debt past 100 per cent of GDP.
The massive trade deal you've never heard of
There's another massive deal you've never heard of.
The biggest advance in tech that we haven't embraced
What if we were on the cusp of the biggest advance in productivity in centuries and didn't recognise it?
We are the ones pushing up the house prices about which we complain
What matters for a tolerable retirement (far more than superannuation) is owning the home in which you live.
Stress matters, but our leaders no longer care
There is much, much more to a good life than jobs and growth, and the head of the treasury ought to know it.
Why you may never end up paying off your house
Low inflation has 'tilted' our mortgages.
What's mining ever done for us? Just wait
A good chunk of Scott Morrison's budget problems could have vanished, just as they vanished for Peter Costello during mining boom at the start of the century.
What if the banks were forced to treat us like everyone else?
Australia's bank chiefs could be forgiven for thinking they've survived the worst, says Peter Martin.
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