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Category Archives: Australian politics
Report launch: Unemployment policy in Australia: a brief history
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
Posted in Australian politics, political economy
Tagged employment, full employment, history, history of economics, inflation, unemployment
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There is a fix for house prices – but Victoria has missed its opportunity again
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
Listen up, Scott Morrison. It’s time to bust the myth of the budget surplus – The Guardian
Originally published at The Guardian on Jan 6 2017. Warwick Smith A fetish of recent decades, budget surpluses lead to private sector debt and are unsustainable in the long term. The current obsession could lead us to recession. On Facebook, … Continue reading
TV interview on ABC News 24
I was interviewed by Fauziah Ibrahim on ABC News 24’s evening program. The segment was looking at how prepared Australia is for the coming robotics and artificial intelligence revolution.
History suggests Australia could be left behind by the next industrial revolution
Warwick Smith, and Mitchell Eddy, University of Melbourne Originally published in The Conversation. This article was co-authored by Mitchell Eddy who has recently completed a Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne that included a placement at the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Inequality
Tagged industrial revolution, industry, inequality, politics, The Conversation
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Trump: from crisis comes opportunity
17 November 2016 By Warwick Smith Originally published at Per Capita Australia The forward march of the neoliberal consensus had for decades appeared to be unstoppable. Somehow the wealthy elite managed to hoodwink us into believing that competition was the … Continue reading
Too old to work, too young to die – The Monthly
Pension changes, age discrimination and workplace automation are driving older Australians into poverty BY WARWICK SMITH First published in The Monthly Friday, 30th September 2016 The first of October is the International Day of Older Persons. The United Nations want … Continue reading
Posted in Ageing population, Australian politics, Inequality
Tagged Age Pension, Australia, The Monthly, welfare
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The budget is the greatest moral challenge of our time? Bollocks
By Warwick Smith All the assertions in Malcolm Turnbull’s statement about the budget being a fundamental moral challenge are flawed. Let’s look at them one at a time This article was originally published in The Guardian. The prime minister, Malcolm … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Economic theory
Tagged government budget, government debt, inequality, Malcolm Turnbull, The Guardian
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2ser radio Sydney interview on the government’s PaTH internship program
I was on 2ser’s Sunday night program The Mix this week talking about the budget and, in particular, the government’s new Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) program for youth unemployment. You can listen to the program on the link below. My contribution starts … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Economic theory, Media appearance
Tagged 2ser, budget, budget 2016, Economic policy, politics, taxation
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What the government wants us to do – and not do – based on the budget – The Conversation
Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne Budgets are a good opportunity to see through the spin to what the government really wants. Forget the Treasurer’s speech and the budget overview, the truth is in the measures themselves. Generally things the government … Continue reading
Reconstructing Economics 