
Shrinkflation: Less for the same, and harder to spot
Have you noticed your shopping basket feeling lighter, even though the bill at the checkout hasn’t changed? A packet of chips that...

We must stay open: Five reasons tariffs are a bad idea
For more than half a century, open trade has helped make Australia more prosperous, dynamic and resilient. Yet around the world, support...

More than a board game – the painful hidden cost of monopolies
If your family pulls out a board game this summer, there’s a good chance that it’s the world’s most popular board game,...

Excessive market power and markups lead to economic problems
It’s hard to ignore the growing body of evidence that excessive market concentration can lead to economic problems. Dominant firms in a...

International Day of Charity: How a dollar can buy a valuable ‘helper’s high’
Imagine finding a dollar on the ground as you’re walking down the street. It might feel like a bit of luck, a...

Census findings to reveal the big questions confronting modern Australia
In the early years after European settlement, it wasn’t called a ‘Census’, it was called a ‘muster’. At a particular point in...

Honey, I shrank the groceries: Manufacturers are pulling the wool over consumers’ eyes
Freddo Frogs were reduced from 15g to 12g – but the price stayed the same. New varieties of Tim Tams mostly have...

Honest Australians pay the price for Coalition’s refusal to come down hard on tax rorts and scams
At its peak, the Stawell tyre dump held nine million tyres, making it one of the biggest tyre dumps in the world....

Andrew Leigh: JobKeeper wasted billions. And the ‘politics of envy’ defence doesn’t stack up
A billion is hard to wrap your head around. Some billionaires say that they’re part of the ‘three comma club’. In the...
