Fred Gruen News Today

Without warning, at 7pm on July 18 1973, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam slashed every single import tariff at once – starting at midnight. It’s the kind of bold political leadership we rarely see today.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is due to make an announcement on RBA governor Philip Lowe’s future in July. There are seven potential local candidates, including Lowe, to head the central bank. Here is what you need to know about them.

Fewer workers changing jobs and a decline in business start-ups is contributing to higher consumer prices and a slowdown in living standards, says Andrew Leigh.

Our chief statistician, the man who runs the organisation responsible for crunching millions of datapoints, met his match at a Chinese-Peruvian restaurant.

The Australian economist Geoff Harcourt, a leading light of post-Keynesian economics, capital theory and economic thought, passed away in December 2021. This column, written by his son and fellow economist Tim Harcourt, outlines his life and times, including many contributions to both economic analysis and economic policymaking. Geoff regarded himself as “a Cambridge