Sorting out the trash. Tax shows what matters to Hockey
You can learn a lot about someone's priorities by the way they sort out the trash.
Articles from Peter Martin
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Easy lovers. How to understand your adolescence
Sunday column
Meet an economist who’s about to make sense of your entire adolescence.Kai Konrad is a specialist in public debt.
The dietonomics of fat. Correlation does not mean causation
Repeat after me.
Spot the carbon tax. Our cost of living has flatlined
It's that undramatic
One year on from the carbon tax Australia’s cost of living has flatlined.New calculations by the Bureau of Statistics show the cost of living for so called working families almost plateaued in the year to September, cli
Radical, gutsy and quick. What to expect from the Commission of Audit
Saturday column
Joe Hockey’s new Commission of Audit will be the most comprehensive in almost two decades.
Axing the mining tax would save the Coalition money (so it says)
As unlikely as it seems, axing the Minerals Resource Rent Tax tax will save the Coalition a fortune.
Well done Joe Hockey. The $500 billion debt limit
"The debt ceiling is like a personal credit card limit, only sillier"It’s called “clearing the decks” and there isn’t a chief executive who hasn’t at least thought about doing it.
Housing. We are supporting the already-rich
High income Australians are the overwhelming beneficiaries of government support for housing a new report has found, turning on its head the popular perception that it’s low income Australians who get the greatest subsidies
Shocking. The carbon tax has pushed prices...
Prepare for a price shock.