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Vital Signs: what the neoliberalism-hating left should love about markets

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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It is fashionable these days to dunk on markets. Show me something bad in the world and I’ll show you someone blaming it on “neoliberalism”.

Our collective failure to tackle climate change – that’s the fault of “neoliberalism”. Poverty, low wages, income inequality, housing affordability,...

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  9. Behind the ‘inclusive’ window dressing, the NZ-UK free trade deal disappoints politically and economically
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  11. Russian sanctions are biting harder than it could have imagined, and it'll get worse
  12. After the floods comes the disaster of underinsurance: we need a better plan
  13. Wednesday's GDP numbers are impressive, but they are for the December quarter, when we were bouncing back from Delta
  14. As petrol prices rise, will carbon emissions come down?
  15. Shortages, price increases, delays and company collapses: why NZ needs a more resilient construction industry
  16. Vital Signs: stealth tax rises are eating into your income – but we know the solution
  17. Older women often rent in poverty – shared home equity could help some escape
  18. What Russia's war means for Australian petrol prices: $2.10 a litre
  19. Australia is creating an underclass of exploited farm workers, unable to speak up
  20. Why insecure work is finally being recognised as a health hazard for some Australians
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  25. Perceptions of corruption are growing in Australia, and it's costing the economy
  26. The pandemic exposes NZ’s supply chain vulnerability – be ready for more inflation in the year ahead
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  28. Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting
  29. Crown Resorts has sunk so low that private equity is the best option
  30. Harnessing the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change? It’s more than a pipe dream
  31. Australia cut unemployment faster than anyone predicted – why stop now?
  32. There's never been a better time for Australia to embrace the 4-day week
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  45. Omicron will only add to looming workforce shortages already faced by key New Zealand industries
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  47. Things look worse for casual workers than at any time during the pandemic
  48. Top economists expect RBA to hold interest rates low in 2022, as real wages fall
  49. Vital Signs: it's too early for the RBA to pull the trigger on interest rates
  50. An unemployment rate below 4% is possible. But for how long?
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