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  • City Limits

    Why Australia's cities are broken and how we can fix them

    Our bush heritage helped to define our identity, but today Australia is a nation of cities. A higher proportion of Australians live in cities than almost any other country, and most of our national wealth is generated in them. For most of the twentieth century, our cities gave us some of the highest living standards in the world. But they are no longer keeping up with changes in how we live and ... Leer más

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  • The Great Divide

    Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It; Quarterly Essay 92

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    What caused Australia's housing crisis – and how we might fix itOne of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a land of sweeping plains, with one of the lowest population densities on the planet, has a shortage of land for houses. As a result, Sydney's median house price is the second most expensive on Earth, after Hong Kong's.The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered ... Leer más

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  • On the Record

    de Steven Joyce ...
    A candid and comprehensive account from one of National's main powerbrokers during the John Key years.'Few ministers have such influence and make the impact and contribution Steven Joyce did. We knew him as Mr Fixit; the press gallery called him The Minister for Everything; but the public saw it more simply. He was the guy who got the stuff they wanted done and he did it in spades and with style.' ... Leer más

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  • The Great Divide

    Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It

    de Alan Kohler ...
    Australia's most trusted financial journalist on Australia's housing crisis.'One of the best long reads on housing and possible solutions that you can come across' —Rafael EpsteinAn updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Quarterly Essay.One of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a land of sweeping plains, with one of the lowest population densities on the planet, has a shortage ... Leer más

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  • Made In Britain

    How the nation earns its living

    de Evan Davis ...
    What are countries famous for making? For Japan, the answer might be electronic goods. For Germany, automobiles. For France, perhaps a Louis Vuitton bag. But what about Britain?Here, Evan Davis sets himself the task of finding out. Offering a fascinating look at our manufacturing industries and revealing the various companies that might not be household names, but are very much world leaders in ... Leer más

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  • Dick Smith's Population Crisis

    The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia

    de Dick Smith ...
    Dick Smith takes on the hot topic of our times, arguing that Australian and global population growth carries enormous risks, dangers that none of our political parties is prepared to address.In 2011 the world's population exceeded 7 billion. Each year we add nearly 80 million people and by mid-century we will require twice as much food and double the energy we use today. Australia will be deeply ... Leer más

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  • Are Trams Socialist?

    Why Britain Has No Transport Policy

    Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ... Leer más

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  • Homesick

    How Housing Broke London and How to Fix It

    de Peter Apps ...
    From the author of the Orwell Prize-winner SHOW ME THE BODIES: HOW WE LET GRENFELL HAPPEN, the gripping story of how housing defines a city's past, present and futureA Waterstones Book of the Year 2025'Apps set the gold standard with his Grenfell coverage. With Homesick, he dismantles the sham of UK housing policy – razor-sharp, stylish, and morally unflinching.' Darren McGarveyIn London, only ... Leer más

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  • Fortunes

    The Rise and Rise of Afrikaner Tycoons

    de Ebbe Dommisse ...
    A handful of Afrikaners have risen to the very top of the business world in South Africa in the past three decades, some of them now dollar billionaires with vast global business interests. With Koos Bekker at its helm, media group Naspers grew to dominate the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was transformed into a global consumer internet group. Johann Rupert boldly extended Richemont's share in ... Leer más

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  • Choosing Openness: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special

    Why global engagement is best for Australia

    de Andrew Leigh ...
    Across the developed world, global engagement has become a major political fault line. Some say that trade, investment, and immigration are threats rather than opportunities. Global uncertainty, rising inequality, and populism present real challenges to globalists. Choosing Openness argues that Australia’s past prosperity has flowed from engaging with the world. An open Australia requires stronger ... Leer más

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  • Hard Labour

    wage theft in the age of inequality

    A startling investigation of how some of Australia’s best-known companies have abused their power to systematically underpay their workers in recent years.Whether it’s at McDonald’s, Coles, 7-Eleven, Woolworths, the major banks, high-end restaurants, or on farms, wage theft has become endemic. Billions of dollars have been unlawfully taken from workers at countless businesses, large and small.Hard ... Leer más

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  • Transport for Suburbia

    Beyond the Automobile Age

    de Paul Mees ...
    The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found. It is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the dense cores of some big cities, the problem is that ... Leer más

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