2020 04
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posted on 30 April 2020 by skirchner in Economics
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I have a piece at the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia blog on the implications of the current pandemic for Australian labour productivity based on my recent report for USSC.
David Uren also writes up my report for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute blog, The Strategist.
posted on 23 April 2020 by skirchner in Economics
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I have an op-ed at ABC Online arguing that the current disruptions to the global economy dramatise the hidden benefits of globalisation. We can now see more clearly than ever the extent to which our standard of living depends on integration with the global economy.
posted on 17 April 2020 by skirchner
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I have a new report out with the United States Studies Centre on the Australia-US productivity gap in long-run perspective.
The report discusses the relationship between US and Australian productivity and how the openness of the Australian economy has allowed us to import productivity trends from the global frontier represented by the United States.
A key implication is that the globalisation of the Australian economy is an important determinant of Australian productivity growth. The slower pace of globalisation since the mid-2000s explains the slowdown in productivity growth in ways that competing explanations do not.
The report concludes that re-establishing and improving Australia’s international connectedness must be a priority for Australian policymakers in the aftermath of the pandemic.
posted on 16 April 2020 by skirchner in Free Trade & Protectionism
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My interview with Scott Sumner from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University on monetary and fiscal policy responses to the pandemic, the future of globalisation and his forthcoming book on market monetarism.
posted on 14 April 2020 by skirchner in Economics
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