Author Archives: Warwick Smith

The simple approach to carbon

Posted on January 6, 2019

By Warwick Smith First published in The Canberra Times and other Fairfax newspapers. What is fee and dividend carbon pricing? Carbon fee and dividend is a model for pricing climate pollutants where a fee is charged on producers of emissions, … Continue reading →

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Video of speech for the Victorian Fabians

Posted on May 14, 2018

Here’s a speech I gave on the economics of inequality at the AGM of the Victorian Fabians. The speech notes are below the video. Warwick Smith from Australian Fabians Inc. (AFI) on Vimeo. Speech notes from Per Capita’s Medium page. … Continue reading →

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Governments haven’t always shirked responsibility for our low wages – The Conversation

Posted on December 12, 2017

Post-war Australia experienced a boom with full employment and falling inequality. State Library of Queensland Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne For the last four years or so average wages in Australia have barely kept pace with inflation, meaning no real … Continue reading →

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RRR Uncommon Sense interview on full employment

Posted on May 31, 2017

I was interviewed by Amy Mullins on Uncommon Sense following the publication of my report on the history of unemployment in Australia. The interview is about 40 minutes long which allowed us to really delve into the topic of unemployment. … Continue reading →

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Report launch: Unemployment policy in Australia: a brief history

Posted on May 31, 2017

This report was launched at a post-budget event where I was on a discussion panel with Wayne Swan, Stephen Koukoulas and Emma Dawson on May 16. You can listen to a podcast of the event. Executive Summary Maintaining full employment … Continue reading →

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There is a fix for house prices – but Victoria has missed its opportunity again

Posted on May 21, 2017

By Warwick Smith This article was originally published at The Age on 2 May 2017. Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas’ 2017/18 budget contains a handful of measures aimed at improving housing affordability, including exempting first home buyers from stamp duty for … Continue reading →

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3AW interview on the banks making a killing from PayWave and PayPass

Posted on March 27, 2017

I was interviewed on 24 March on 3AW in response to my New Matilda article on the banks taking a slice of every purchase we make when we tap or wave our cards.

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