Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe: RBA needs more businesses to fail
Everyone talks about what unemployment rate the RBA regards as “full employment”. (Spoiler alert: it’s now 4.3 per cent, a little less...
Michael Pascoe: Our biggest China lie
Three things: China is winning from Gaza; China growing at 5 per cent now is better than China growing at 7 per...
Michael Pascoe: Negative gearing to change – it’s ‘the vibe’
“There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” The tide – or...
Michael Pascoe: What Barbienomics says about manufacturing populism
Despite all the headlines, the federal government might not actually be spending $1 billion on subsidising the manufacture of solar panels –...
Michael Pascoe: Political theatre swamps substance
There is regular reporting of the shrinking primary vote of the major parties almost as if it is a surprise. There is...
Michael Pascoe: Seven West Media has even bigger problems than Bruce Lehrmann
It may seem unlikely given the attention it’s received this week but Channel Seven has much bigger problems than the reputational damage...
Michael Pascoe: Beware unintended consequences of housing reform
If you think big picture housing reform is difficult – and it certainly is –wait until you get into the detail. That’s...
Michael Pascoe: If the government unveiled laws to boost productivity
Productivity growth is a lot like climate change – everyone talks about it but nobody does anything to change it. Until now....
Michael Pascoe: At last, some good news on the housing front
Try not to get too excited, but there is finally something positive to report on the housing front. Alas, there’s not a...
USA increasingly protectionist, no matter who wins
You know the Coalition’s “Labor will kill the weekend” scare campaign about utes and electric vehicles? Donald Trump is up to something...