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To Fight The IMF’s Dire Prediction We Need More Government Debt – 10 daily

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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Memories. In 1961 Labor promised to boost the deficit to fight unemployment. The promise won

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Warwick Smith

  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 →

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2ser radio Sydney interview on the government’s PaTH internship program

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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Joe Hockey’s unscripted moments of truth reveal what the Government really thinks – The Age

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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Path to budget surplus built on shifting foundations – The Conversation

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Warwick Smith

Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne In the lead up to tonight’s federal budget treasurer Joe Hockey and prime minister Tony Abbott backed away from the strong rhetoric of deficit and debt emergencies that accompanied last year’s budget. However, they have … Continue reading →

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Budget vision

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith No other event equals the release of a federal budget for a clear statement of what the government really intends for the country. Almost everything else they do is smoke and mirrors. The budget tells us who … Continue reading →

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