The Economy
Insights and innovations in the world of work and business
The Economy
Insights and innovations in the world of work and business
More solar panels needed on rented rooftops
With soaring rent stress rife in Australian capital cities, new research has found many tenants are also missing out on energy savings due to lack of access to solar panels.
How will AI impact your next job?
Artificial intelligence threatens to dramatically change the work we do and how our workplaces operate. Macquarie University researchers examine some vital ethical questions raised by this new technology.
Individual cost of inherited retinal diseases now in plain sight
New figures clarifying the cost of care for people suffering inherited retinal diseases in Australia have been published and could lead to better access to life-changing treatments for this leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults.
Please explain: What is a debt ceiling?
Many governments are grappling with burgeoning national debt, accelerated by post-COVID stimulus spending. Economist Dr Ben Zhe Wang from the Macquarie Business School explains what a debt ceiling is and why it is so important.
How COVID has changed the Australian job market: new data
Which are the country’s top 20 employers? What skills are they seeking? Which job sectors are struggling to recover from COVID? A data analysis of 2.2 million Australian job ads by Macquarie Business School researchers reveals a new employment landscape.
A budget that falls short of what is needed
OPINION: Was it a good budget? Professor David Orsmond from the Macquarie Business School unpacks whether Tuesday’s budget meets the economic challenges we face.
Budget preview: Welfare a likely winner but inflation remains a threat
Will it be good for you? Professor of Economics at the Macquarie Business School David Orsmond previews the likely winners and losers in Treasurer Jim Chalmers' second Federal Budget being handed down on Tuesday May 9.
East Asia leads the world in electric cars and smart power grids: new book
A new book argues that China and South Korea have emerged as global leaders in green energy through state ambition, geostrategic competition and capitalist market dynamics.
Raise the Australian pension age to 70 by 2050: expert modelling
With protests against raising the pension age raging in France, statistical modelling from the Macquarie Business School suggests Australia’s optimal pension age should be increased to 68 by 2030, 69 by 2036 and 70 by 2050.
How green hydrogen could replace the entire fossil fuel industry
Could green hydrogen become tomorrow’s primary energy source? A new book by Emeritus Professor John Mathews offers a practical guide on how – with enough money behind it – green hydrogen could completely replace today’s fossil fuel industry.
Banking, healthcare and education set to be transformed by AI
Virtual assistants who give personalised answers to customer queries are among the huge opportunities to transform current business practices across many industries using ChatGPT, according to scholars from the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence at Macquarie University.
Expert insights into the economic year ahead
With cost-of-living pressure soaring for many Australian households, four Macquarie Business School experts predict how economic conditions might unfold in 2023 with energy prices, 'revenge' spending and inflation under the microscope.