Is the Australian Economy Doomed?

China’s position as the world’s factory is shifting. Growth is slowing to approximately 4-5%, wages are rising, the workforce is shrinking due to an aging population, the property crisis is weighing on GDP, and Western tariffs are restricting exports. For decades, China produced ...  Afficher plus

Home ownership is now unattainable in every major city worldwide. For the first time, none of the 95 cities tracked by Demographia are considered affordable. In cities such as Hong Kong (14.4 times income), Sydney (13.8 times), Vancouver, London, and San Francisco, housing prices ...  Afficher plus

Australia has just committed to net-zero carbon by 2050 at COP26, and local and global markets are increasingly asking for the sustainability credentials of Australian grains. Cheryl Kalisch Gordon speaks to Crawford Taylor, Head of Sustainable Business Development for Rabobank A ...  Afficher plus

This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by journalist and historian Yoni Appelbaum to discuss his forthcoming book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. They explore how decades of failed economic policies and zoning regulations have ...  Afficher plus

It is widely acknowledged that the United States is in the grip of an enduring housing crisis. It is less frequently recognized that this crisis amounts to more than there being an insufficient supply of adequate shelter. It rather is tied to a range of other forms of social and ...  Afficher plus

The second part of our 2-part series with Tone Wheeler over why our cities and housing are breeding inequality.

An in-depth discussion of why the extremely low density city of suburbia with single houses is no longer fit for purpose: not in any of the three measures o ...