Keynesian economics never really went away, argues GEOFFREY BARKER on Inside Story, and his logic and judgement are as relevant as ever.

There are only two ways a country can sustain increases in productivity over time: through enhancing its skill base or by innovating more successfully. New figures reveal a very patchy performance, write Paul Jenson and Elizabeth Webster.

The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climate change also threatens the...

There is very little empirical evidence in Australia on the financial consequences of divorce for older people. This report begins to fill this gap by providing some of the first estimates of the financial consequences of divorce for Australians aged 55 to 74 years.