Policy and Opinion
The perverse logic of the push for higher interest rates, Australian Financial Review, 17 February 2021
Keating is right: The Reserve Bank needs to do more. It should aim for more inflation, The Conversation, 24 September 2020
'QALY' quality of life pandemic argument is intellectual malpractice, The Age, 24 September 2020
Should governments obsess about debt? Yes, say traditionalists. No, says the theory, Crikey, 7 July 2020
Australia must reject austerity and embrace spending to beat this recession, The Guardian, 26 June 2020
Let's get fiscal: we need a new road to recovery from this recession, Crikey, 16 June 2020
Is the government putting the wrong dollar-value on the cost of human life?, Crikey, 5 June 2020
Economic snap-back? Not so fast, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
Hindsight is 20/20: how false narratives could hurt us going forward, Crikey, 18 May 2020
Was Australia right to shut down to slow coronavirus? The economists' verdict, The Guardian, 17 May 2020
The costs of the shutdown are overestimated -- they're outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit, The Conversation, 16 May 2020
The sound economics behind Australia's health-first COVID response, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 May 2020
When Does an Increase in Government Debt Cause Inflation, joint with Chris Edmond, 6 May 2020
Open letter from Australian economists: don't sacrifice health for `the economy', The Conversation, 20 April 2020
Even at $130 billion, JobKeeper package is a steal, The Age, 20 April 2020
JobKeeper could be a depression beater, Australian Tax Policy, 9 April 2020
JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect, The Conversation, 7 April 2020
It's time for a sensible discussion about debt and deficits: An unloved opinion piece, joint with Chris Edmond and Steve Hamilton, 7 April 2020
Coronavirus: payroll subsidy will save economy, The Australian, 30 March 2020
Loose language spares the RBA from real assessment, Australian Financial Review, 11 November 2019
We must not politicise the RBA, Australian Financial Review, 19 September 2019
The Case for Reform of the RBA's Policy and Communication Strategy, 9 September 2019
It's not the Reserve Bank's job to pick winners and losers, Australian Financial Review, 8 August 2018
Why the RBA needs to talk about future interest-rate policy, The Conversation, 19 March 2018