Slugging banks is the fairest way to raise billions
If you think the big new bank tax is outrageous and unfair, tell us what would be a better, fairer way to raise a quick $1.6 billion or so next year.
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Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor. He comments on companies, markets and the economy.
Who fell for the big infrastructure con job?
Reborn big-taxing, big-spending Scott Morrison shows he's a much better salesman than Joe Hockey.
Want to stop land corruption? Take away the honeypot
One of the great mismatches is how little property developers are accused of giving to politicians from time to time and the massive amounts politicians gift to the developers – some $11 billion a year, according to a new book by two Queensland economists.
Tax promise will test Donald Trump's credibility
There's an interesting test of Donald Trump's presidency coming up tonight: does Wall Street think he has any credibility?
The next boom is under way – before another bust
A Caterpillar and Komatsu cavalry is arriving just in time to save the next two federal budgets.
Why so many people are leaving China
Iron ore prices are retreating again and the overall Chinese economy is growing less quickly, but one sector is skyrocketing.
What if inflation rises and wages don't?
We might seem to forget it sometimes, but Australia has more economic challenges than just Sydney and Melbourne housing prices.
A considerable show of 'doing something' about housing affordability
With a dash of true conservatism, Scott Morrison wants the vast majority of our housing market to keep doing just what it's been doing.
APRA's gift that keeps on giving for the banks
Hats off to Brian Hartzer for the use of understatement by declaring APRA's alleged crack down on real estate investors wouldn't have 'any particular profitability impact'.
Immigration may pay price for booming housing
It says plenty about the state of Australian politics that so much policy is viewed through the lens of Sydney and Melbourne housing affordability, writes Michael Pascoe.
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