Volume 17 No.2 March – April 2025

Contents

It’s the End of the World and I Don’t Feel Fine
Reflections on an economic system geared to human need instead of profit
Pete Dolack

Superannuation is complicated
A guaranteed government income in retirement would be simpler
Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney

Busting the ‘natural rate of unemployment’ myth
The natural rate hypothesis has done great damage to global economies
Lars Syll

Recommended book – Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters
by Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel Editor

Building humane alternatives to homo economicus
A vision for economics rooted in compassion, cooperation and moral values
Asad Zaman

Global EV Sales Have Soared, but Buckle Up for a ‘Weird Moment’ in the U.S.
Market
The technology is moving in such a direction that there’s almost nothing that can be done to stop more affordable EVs from appearing on the market
Dan Gearino

Universities: dead, buried and cremated?
Australian universities have been gutted and corporatised
Geoff Davies

Trade isn’t money for nothing
Trump’s complaint about the U.S. losing money to Canada and Mexico is misguided
Stephanie Kelton

In praise of government consumption
Government production has a major role in the allocation of social goods
Merijn Knibbe

Badly confused trade policy: the story of supply and demand
U.S. society will pay a big price for Trump’s confusion
Dean Baker

Deliberative Democracy
Citizen assemblies are a new approach to rebuilding public faith in government
Peter Martin