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Gareth Bryant
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Political Economy at the University of Sydney
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Celebrating 50 Years of Political Economy at the University of Sydney ppesydney.net/celebrating-...
Poster for event celebrating 50 years of Political Economy at the University of Sydney featuring a photo of a woman protesting outside Merewether Building on top of a map of Sydney. Poster credit: Cemal Burak Tansel
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Interesting to read this corporate sense-check on UTS restructuring plans www.afr.com/work-and-car...
In 40 years of finance journalism I have never come across a corporate restructuring project as ambitious, as complex and as fraught with risks as the one being undertaken by University of Technology Sydney. I don’t believe any publicly listed company with revenues of more than $1 billion has attempted to simultaneously change its product offering, slash its frontline staff, introduce a new operating model and roll out a new enterprise resource planning software system.
April 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Inflationary impacts on house prices are precisely *why* these policies are favoured over other options www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Economists warned that Dutton’s mortgage deductibility policy and Labor’s 5 per cent home deposit policy would make Australia’s housing affordability problems worse. Former Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said both policies would push up demand for housing and cause prices to rise.
April 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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From cloth and wine to made up trade formulas, comparative advantage lives on! Via @matt-levine.bsky.social
Well, yes. I just like that they made up the numbers to get an exact negative 1. Again, I am a financial columnist, and I have a patriotic appreciation for the US’s export industry of finance, and two of that industry’s most popular products are: 1.Sprinkling some Greek letters on your work to add visual interest, and 2.Making up parameters to solve for the result you want. Even in this tariff announcement, you see the US leaning into its comparative advantage.
April 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Story is about dissatisfaction of young Americans with politics, but it is young Australians who are the most dissatisfied with their access to housing on.ft.com/3FAbgAE
Bar chart showing levels of dissatisfaction with access to housing by young people in OECD countries
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Legendary Prof Frank Stilwell back on the tools on ECOP1001
Picture of an ECOP1001 Lecture Theatre at the University of Sydney
March 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Hardcore dad life
Email from Spotify recommending shows by children’s band the Wiggles and hardcore band Speed
November 23, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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Ownership of solar and wind generation not profitable enough for Origin. Is this how we should be making decisions about our response to the climate crisis? www.afr.com/companies/en...
June 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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New book coming very soon! A critical and introductory field guide to the political economy of climate finance, from Sophie Webber and me www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
November 27, 2023 at 9:22 PM
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Looks like we are at the point in the profit-led inflation debate where we are arguing over whether it is a good thing or a bad thing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 4, 2023 at 11:42 PM