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Author Archives: Warwick Smith
Dipping the Budget’s toe in the waters of wellbeing
Originally published at The Mandarin. Last night, treasurer Jim Chalmers cautiously set Australia on its wellbeing economy journey. This government’s first Budget sat against a backdrop of inflationary pressures, global conflict, gloomy outlooks, floods and cost of living pressures. Behind … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, wellbeing
Tagged Economic policy, politics, The Mandarin, wellbeing economics
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Chalmers hasn’t delivered a wellbeing budget, but it’s a step in the right direction
Warwick Smith, The University of Melbourne It was billed as Australia’s first wellbeing budget. But, five months into a new government, with so many economic fires to fight, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first budget was never going to be that. Instead, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, wellbeing
Tagged Economic policy, politics, The Conversation, wellbeing economics
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Beyond GDP: Chalmers’ historic moment to build wellbeing
Warwick Smith, The University of Melbourne Australia’s new federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, spoke regularly in opposition about a well-being budget and the need to measure more than just the traditional economic indicators. He was even mocked for it by his … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, wellbeing
Tagged Economic policy, politics, The Conversation, wellbeing economics
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RN Breakfast interview on stamp duties and land taxes
States try tax reform to fix housing affordability On RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly I was interviewed by Max Chalmers for this segment on RN Breakfast about the transfer from stamp duties to land tax that is happening in the … Continue reading
Posted in Economic theory, housing affordability, Land tax, radio
Tagged ABC Radio National, Economic policy, housing, land tax, taxation
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Doughnut economics article turned into a podcast episode
I was asked to read my Conversation article, that was also republished by the ABC and The New Daily, for an episode of the Climactic podcast. https://omny.fm/shows/climactic-1/warwick-smith-stay-in-the-doughnut-not-the-hole-ho/embed
Stay in the doughnut, not the hole: how to get out of the crisis with both our economy and environment intact
pxfuel, CC BY Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne Before the recession we were on a collision course with environmental disaster. The recovery provides a rare opportunity to do things differently; to rebuild a better economy that can support living standards … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Economic theory
Tagged ABC News, Circular Economy, Doughnut Economics, The Conversation
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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. Update: the 10daily … 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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Reconstructing Economics 