Thinking about borrowing against your home to send your kids to college? Think again
Nov 04, 2018 16:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
When the time comes to send their children off to college, many parents in the U.S. take out loans, draw from savings and earnings and as some financial advisors recommend borrow against their homes. In a study we...
Morality: the new way to understand economic decisions
Nov 04, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
There is no one way of understanding the bases of, or justification for, austerity. If there was, there wouldnt be such voracious debate around the topic. A recent televised discussion provides a perfect example of...
State governments can transform Australia’s energy policy from major fail to reliable success
Nov 04, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
This week were exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australias states, as detailed in Grattan Institutes State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here. Energy policy in...
To tackle inequality, we must start in the labour market
Nov 04, 2018 14:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
This article is the second in the Reclaiming the Fair Go series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney Democracy Network and the Sydney Peace Foundation to mark the awarding of the 2018 Sydney Peace Prize to...
Ten things you didn't know about the 20p coin
Nov 04, 2018 14:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Ten years ago, in November 2008, the Royal Mint issued an undated 20p coin. Instead of featuring the date that they were minted, as all coins are meant to, a mix up meant that the year of issue did not feature. This was...
Nov 04, 2018 13:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
There are costs associated with electricity beyond what shows up on your monthly bill. When that energy comes from coal, residents who live downwind pay through poorer health and, as with all fossil fuels, the whole...
Young people explain why they're shunning the benefits system
Nov 04, 2018 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Hidden young people are those who are neither in employment, education nor training (NEET), or arent claiming the benefits they are entitled to. Roughly 480,000 young people in the UK are estimated to be in this position:...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects