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What We Learned in Copenhagen

Andrew Charlton

At 10.45 p.m. my phone rang. “The Danes are switching to the back-up plan,” a voice said. “Room 20. 11.30 tonight.” I pulled on my suit...

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 The world economic outlook. Richard Koo

WORLD

The world economic outlook. Richard Koo

Part 1 | Part 2 The Lowy Institute launches its 2011 Distinguished Speaker Series with a presentation by leading economist, analyst and...

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 Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, at the Sydney Opera House

ECONOMICS

Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, at the Sydney Opera House

Joseph Stiglitz

Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3 In his appearance at the Sydney Opera House, Nobel Laureate (Economics) Joseph Stiglitz gives a talk entitled, '...

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 An evening with John Ralston Saul

ENVIRONMENT

An evening with John Ralston Saul

Part 1 | Part 2Speaking at the Sydney Writers' Festival, renowned author and intellectual John Ralston Saul tells a packed Sydney Town Hall...

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 The world economy at 20. Mark Thirlwell (p2)

SOCIETY

The world economy at 20. Mark Thirlwell (p2)

Mark Thirlwell

Part 1 | Part 2 November 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the...

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 The world economy at 20. Mark Thirlwell

SOCIETY

The world economy at 20. Mark Thirlwell

Mark Thirlwell

Part 1 | Part 2 November 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the...

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 Robert Manne: Is Neo-liberalism finished?

ECONOMICS

Robert Manne: Is Neo-liberalism finished?

Robert Manne

Part 1 | Part 2 Do ideas matter? For the past thirty years faith in the free market has dominated most Western societies. After...

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 Reshaping global economic geography. Truman Packard

WORLD

Reshaping global economic geography. Truman Packard

Truman Packard

Presenting the findings of the World Bank Development Report which he co-authored, Senior Economist Dr Truman Packard looks at the...

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 China and the new economic order. Saul Eslake, Mark Crosby and Pradeep Taneja

WORLD

China and the new economic order. Saul Eslake, Mark Crosby and Pradeep Taneja

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3At this Festival of Ideas (University of Melbourne) session chaired by Emeritus Professor Ian Harper, a panel of...

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 Governing the global economy: Protectionism vs Bretton Woods 2.0

CULTURE

Governing the global economy: Protectionism vs Bretton Woods 2.0

Part 1 | Part 2Perceived failures of the current world worder have increased demands for a new international economic architecture to...

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 The next 100 Years: A forecast for the 21st century. George Friedman

WORLD

The next 100 Years: A forecast for the 21st century. George Friedman

George Friedman

Part 1 | Part 2In this Sydney Writers' Festival session, internationally renowned security and intelligence expert George Friedman talks to...

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  The global economy: How we got here and where we're headed. David McCormick (p2)

POLITICS

The global economy: How we got here and where we're headed. David McCormick (p2)

Part 1 | Part 2As part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute hosts this speech by Dr David McCormick, Distinguished...

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 The global economy: How we got here and where we're headed. David McCormick

POLITICS

The global economy: How we got here and where we're headed. David McCormick

David McCormick

Part 1 | Part 2As part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute hosts this speech by Dr David McCormick, Distinguished...

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 Economic growth version 1.0 is finished: Paul Gilding

POLITICS

Economic growth version 1.0 is finished: Paul Gilding

Paul Gilding

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Paul Gilding argues that we have entered a period of global ecological crisis and economic stagnation that will...

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POLITICS

The Rudd Essay & the Global Financial Crisis

David Hale

The current global recession will be a more defining event than any other business cycle since the 1930s. As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd...

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POLITICS

The Rudd Essay & the Global Financial Crisis

Eric Hobsbawm

Kevin Rudd's essay makes two major contributions to the debate on the present world crisis of capitalism, which is now recognised to be the...

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