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Category Archives: Inequality
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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Video of speech for the Victorian Fabians
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
Posted in Inequality, Speech
Tagged class, history, history of economics, inequality, philosophy, politics
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Governments haven’t always shirked responsibility for our low wages – The Conversation
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
Posted in Economic theory, Inequality
Tagged Australia, economic history, government, politics, unemployment, wages
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RRR Uncommon Sense interview on full employment
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
Posted in Australian politics, Inequality, Media appearance, political economy, radio
Tagged employment, history, history of economics, unemployment
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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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Cynical workforce participation policy forces solo parents into ranks of unemployed – The Age
By Warwick Smith First published at The Age The Turnbull government is peddling workforce participation nonsense. Some things have changed under the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull. Many things haven’t. When it comes to employment, the government continues to “push on … Continue reading
Malcolm Turnbull and the distraction of economic growth – Independent Australia
If we stop obsessing about economic growth and focus directly on our social aims then economic growth will take care of itself, writes economist Warwick Smith. First published at Independent Australia WHY ARE WE so consumed by the pursuit of economic … Continue reading
Joe Hockey’s unscripted moments of truth reveal what the Government really thinks – The Age
By Warwick Smith Originally published by The Age on September 3, 2015 – 12:17PM. Talk of throwing Hockey to the wolves is worrying. After all, it’s his slip-of-the-truth lines that give us a glimpse of the Government’s real agenda: only the rich … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Inequality, Op-ed, Political philosophy
Tagged Ayn Rand, budget, class, inequality, Joe Hockey, The Age
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Reconstructing Economics 