Postdoctoral Research Associate – Australia’s Climate Economy

Gareth Bryant | May 23, 2025

Full time (Part Time negotiable), Fixed term for 3 years Work with a team of interdisciplinary researchers and doctoral students building a conceptual and empirical map of the emerging Climate Economy in Australia Academic Level A, Base Salary from $109,301 + 17% superannuation 

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Trump versus the dollar

Madison Cartwright | May 22, 2025

Trump’s tariff offensive shocked the world; however, it appeared inspired by an essay written by former financier and current Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, Stephen Miran. So let's delve into the foundations of dollar hegemony and examine both.

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Andor: Trump, Global Repression, and the Political Economy of Fascism

Elliot Dolan-Evans | May 6, 2025

Season two of the acclaimed Star Wars series Andor has begun. The first season of the franchise came amid backlash, critique, and frustration against Disney’s general handling of the galaxy’s most sought-after intellectual property, with major titles underperforming at the box office and [...]

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Open Letter: The Coalition’s Nuclear Plan Doesn’t Add Up—Spend the Money on Household Clean Energy Instead

Gareth Bryant | April 20, 2025

In the wake of the Government's announcement of its Cheaper Home Batteries Program, 60 Australian economists have signed a letter comparing the economic consequences of pursuing nuclear energy against those of subsidising distributed clean energy technologies, including batteries. The [...]

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Next Past & Present Reading Group Text

Adam David Morton | April 15, 2025

What is the 34th book chosen for the Past & Present Reading Group at the University of Sydney?

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The problem of ‘productivity’

Phillip Toner | April 14, 2025

The concept of productivity, including those for labour, capital and multi-factor productivity (MFP) are central to economic discussion about national economic performance, government policy and income distribution. There is common agreement that productivity growth has been, and remains, [...]

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Degrowth’s unhelpful contribution to global environmental challenges: A rejoinder to a critique of growth contingency

Tim Thornton | March 21, 2025

I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, Summer 2024/2025). While it is great to open this sort of debate, it is crucial, first and foremost, to clarify what is being argued. My [...]

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