Japan’s New Arms Exports Double Down on a Broken Economic Model
Luciano Carment | June 24, 2026
What are the paradoxes at the heart of the "new" Japanese arms trade?
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New Issue of JAPE: Teaching Political Economy
Gareth Bryant | Luciano Carment | Frank Stilwell | June 16, 2026
The usual focus of the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) is research – its framings, its findings, and the implications of the knowledge that the research generates. This issue of the journal is different because its focus is on teaching.
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Teaching Political Economy Symposium Program
Luciano Carment | Gareth Bryant | Frank Stilwell | November 17, 2025
The Discipline of Political Economy and the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) is hosting a Teaching Political Economy Symposium on Monday December 8th at the University of Sydney. This workshop is being held as part of a suite of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of [...]
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Call for papers: Teaching Political Economy Symposium, University of Sydney
Gareth Bryant | Luciano Carment | Frank Stilwell | September 17, 2025
The Discipline of Political Economy and the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) welcome submissions for our forthcoming Teaching Political Economy Symposium to be held on Monday December 8th at the University of Sydney.
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Does the Kishida cabinet mean the death of neoliberalism in Japan?
Luciano Carment | April 19, 2022
The ascendency of Prime minister Kishida and his new focus on economic inequality has many wondering whether Japan has reached the final death knell of ‘economic reform’ – a euphemism for the kind of neoliberal policies that may be able to make a dent in the government’s enormous debt. [...]
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Quantitative Easing and Corporate Surplus Hoarding in Contemporary Japan
Luciano Carment | May 24, 2018
In 2012, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), launched one of the largest monetary policy experiments in the history of the 21st century. Whilst in the years since the GFC, many countries have engaged in the kind of bond buy-back programs now referred to as quantitative easing (QE), Japan’s is [...]
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