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Author Archives: Warwick Smith
What I Never Understood Until I Became A Househusband – 10daily
By Warwick Smith Another article published at 10daily last year that I want to keep a record of in case the site gets taken down. (Note: I didn’t choose to use the word “househusband” in the title, that was the … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Op-ed
Tagged housework, mental load, parenting, women, word-life balance
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To Fight The IMF’s Dire Prediction We Need More Government Debt – 10 daily
By Warwick Smith This article was first published on April 15 2020 at 10daily, which has since shut down. I’m reproducing it here now partly to keep a record in case the web site ceases to exist. Yesterday, the International … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Economic theory, Op-ed
Tagged 10daily, budget, deficit, fiscal policy, history, stimulus, unemployment
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The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super
Brendel/Unsplash, CC BY-NC Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne This article was first published in The Conversation. Understandably, given we are in a crisis, the government has baulked at including superannuation contributions in the A$140 billion worth of $1,500 per … Continue reading
Interviewed for ABC Podcast ‘The Signal’. How the dole bludger was born.
I was interviewed about the history of unemployment in Australia and, more specifically, the history of how Australia has treated unemployed workers. We haven’t always been so punitive. For about 25 years after WW2 unemployment was seen as a collective … Continue reading
Posted in radio interview, unemployment
Tagged Australia, employment, history, podcast, politics
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History of unemployment in Australia: Uncommon Sense 3RRR
I was interviewed by Amy Mullins for her terrific show Uncommon Sense. This show is rare in that it spends substantial time on subjects, really getting into some of the nuance and complexity behind the headlines and slogans. We spoke … Continue reading
Posted in Media appearance, political economy, radio interview, unemployment
Tagged 3RRR, history, politics, unemployment
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How our economy is like an out of control AI
By Warwick Smith | 8 September 2019, 12:30pm First published at Independent Australia Humans, individually, can be incredibly brilliant but collectively we’re often puzzlingly stupid. To take a simple, uncontroversial example, we know that forests are critical for our survival. … Continue reading
A failure of collective intelligence
By Warwick Smith An essay I wrote has won second prize in New Philosopher magazine’s latest writer’s prize and has been published in the magazine. As I did with my last New Philosopher essay, I’ll probably publish this in another … Continue reading
Posted in Economic theory, philosophy of economics, Sustainability
Tagged climate, environment, New Philosopher, philosophy
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Mineral wealth, Clive Palmer, and the corruption of Australian politics – The Conversation
Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne Clive Palmer is reportedly spending A$70 million of his own money on his party’s campaign. How is it possible for one individual to command so much wealth and where did it come from? The sad … Continue reading
Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea
This article was first published in The Conversation. Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne This article is part of an election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read other … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Economic theory, Gender
Tagged child care, employment, Federal election 2019, Free market, gender pay gap, Labor party, women
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Memories. In 1961 Labor promised to boost the deficit to fight unemployment. The promise won
First published in The Conversation Arthur Caldwell almost defeated Robert Menzies in the poll in 1961, and won the debate about policy. National Archives, National Library of Australia, Wikimedia Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne Lately, governments and oppositions have … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Economic theory, Inequality, Political philosophy
Tagged budget, full employment, history, The Conversation
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