Weekly roundup Saturday 4 April
It used to be so simple
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Because of Easter there will be no roundup next Saturday, April 11. The next roundup will be on Saturday April 18.
Economics
A discussion on economic policy: A journalist and a politician engage in a civilized discussion about short-term, medium-term, and long-term economic policy.
Climate change and information integrity: Senators try to set the record straight, but some Senators are off in a la-la land of conspiracies.
Capital gains tax: It’s not only the far right that offers simple solutions to complex problems; so too do the left when it comes to capital gains tax reform.
The end of card surcharges: The Reserve Bank does something useful.
Dealing with Trump's war
Beyond the current shock: It has taken a war to convince some countries that they need to abandon fossil fuels.
We let a chance go by, but perhaps we had no option: Politics and our obsession with the CPI mean we missed the chance to have an economically efficient price for fossil fuels.
Other politics
Opinion polls: They suggest that One Nation’s success in South Australia would be replicated federally.
The washup of the South Australian election: Voters want something more attuned to their needs than Labor’s risk aversion and the Coalition’s negativity.
A “bipartisan” setback for independents: Another dirty Labor-Coalition deal squashes hopes of better electoral chances for independents.
Andrew Hastie’s heresy: It’s not so much about what he says; rather it’s about how he says it.
Public ideas
On facts: Hamish Macdonald takes us to the world where disinformation is generated, and to a parallel world where people are fighting back.
Democracy’s prerequisites: Martyn Goddard looks at the conditions that allow democracy to flourish.
Iran as Trump doesn't know it
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