Publications
Here you can find articles or essays which I have written and which have been published elsewhere
What can be done to improve Australia’s productivity performance
Productivity, Publications | 8th September 2011Saul Eslake | The Conversation | 8th September 2011 What is to be done about Australia’s deteriorating productivity performance? It’s by no means inconceivable that the answer to this question could be “nothing”. Historical precedent strongly suggests Australians and their politicians will feel no great compulsion to embrace a program of productivity-enhancing economic reforms as […]
Reflections on climate change, and the quality of Australian economists
Economics and Economists, Publications | 6th July 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers on 6th July 2011
Europeans and Americans don’t run the world economy any more, and shouldn’t automatically run the IMF
Publications, The Global Economy | 24th May 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 24th May 2011
The case against negative gearing …
Publications, Taxation | 25th April 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 25th April 2011
A tax system that penalizes working & saving, and rewards borrowing & speculating
Publications, Taxation | 30th March 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 30th March 2011
Billions of dollars wasted on First Home Owner grants
Housing, Publications | 16th March 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 16th March 2011
Yes, we could have bananas …
Economic Policies, Publications | 14th February 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers on 14th February 2011
Debate about banks’ lending rates misses the point
Economic Policies, Publications | 3rd November 2010Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 3rd November 2010