Productivity deputy chair Karen Chester was hooked by microeconomics because it explained her mother's struggles to ...

Forget the law, study economics instead

The Productivity Commission's Karen Chester explains how an unaffordable plane ticket to visit a dying parent led her to abandon plans to join the legal world and embrace economics.

Surfstitch overhauls board

Former Quiksilver chairman Harry Hodge has joined troubled online retailer Surfstitch in a board wipeout.