Ultra low wage growth isn't accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies
- Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
This is the first in a three-part mini-symposium on Wages, Unemployment and Underemployment presented by The Conversation and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
The long debate over the causes of wage stagnation took an unexpected turn last week, when Finance Minister Matthias Cormann described (downward) flexibility in the rate of...
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