Forty percent of households who said that they received the payment reported having spent it. Forty percent of households who said that they received the payment reported having spent it - approximately twice the spending rate recorded in surveys assessing the 2001 and 2008 tax rebates in the US, according to this report. Using an...

Arts councils and ministries of culture have a key role in working to minimise the negative impacts of the downturn on the arts and in helping artists and arts organisations navigate such uncertain times. They also have a key role in advising on and coordinating the arts and cultural aspects of the much-publicised central government...

This paper discusses whether corporate social responsibility programs will be necessarily cut because of hard economic times or whether now is the perfect opportunity for strategic social investment and corporate reputation building. The CSI issues papers provide analysis on a topical issue impacting the third sector.

This is the first essay in a series called 'Perspectives' which have been commissioned by the Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney. Author, John Quiggin, proposes a long term response to the global financial crisis which shifts the risks from individuals and families and places the hand of government firmly on the economic...