Business
The economy
What can (and can’t) the budget do to improve economic outcomes for women
There was a time when Wendy McCarthy needed a male guarantor for a car loan. Those days are gone, but she has joined a push for gender equity in our budget.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Opinion
Renewables
Here comes the sun: The wind and solar boom is here
The sun, the air and the chemistry to bottle their limitless power — it’s looking more and more as if these constitute the world’s next great technological advance, a leap as life-changing for many of us as was aviation and the internet.
- by Farhad Manjoo
Opinion
Federal budget
New economic rule: The budget’s the only game in town
With monetary policy having lost its potency, fiscal policy is the only lever left for the government to stimulate growth and keep our economy recovering.
- by Ross Gittins
Europe faces bankruptcy ‘tsunami’
The eurozone is at risk of a “tsunami” of bankruptcies as COVID life-support schemes for businesses are wound up, regulators have warned.
- by Russell Lynch
Opinion
Federal budget
Tax reform is dead: long live tax reform
If you look through the political window-dressing, most of the budgets delivered by both Labor and Coalition governments in past decades reveal much the same thing.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Global economy
Europe risking more economic scarring as it rushes to reopen
Europe’s second tourism season is in the balance and is leading to some rash decisions which could have long-lasting consequences.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Federal budget
Morrison’s budget challenge: stop the economy’s roar turning to a meow
Do what the women’s movement has long been demanding and make childcare free.
- by Ross Gittins
A tiny part’s big effect: Car industry crippled by global chip shortage
Around the world, auto assembly lines are going quiet, workers are idle, and dealership parking lots are looking bare. And it’s all to do with the availability of a part that can cost less than a dollar.
- by Jack Ewing and Neal E. Boudette
The world’s oldest central bank is exploring the future of money
When three gunmen smashed through the skylight of a Stockholm cash depot before escaping with millions of kronor, it set in motion a chain of events that would transform the future of Sweden.
- by Morgan Meaker
You Only Live Once: Welcome to the YOLO economy
Burned out and flush with savings, some workers are quitting stable jobs in search of postpandemic adventure.
- by Kevin Roose
Reality check for world economy as global virus surge threatens recovery
The renewed surge in COVID-19 infections is threatening to further divide the world economy between the rich and poor, potentially damaging overall global growth if the fresh outbreaks spread or if key sources of demand falter.
- by Enda Curran and Eric Martin