The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has the potential to negatively impact the health of Australians by raising the cost of medicine and limiting the government's ability to regulate tobacco and alcohol, argues this policy brief based on publicly available and recently leaked negotiating documents. Executive summary The purpose of this policy brief is to inform...

China's emergence as a major economic power will pose great challenges for the global community. It is now the major factor driving commodity prices and is an increasingly important investor in many developing countries as well as Australia. China is becoming a responsible stakeholder in the international economy, but the country’s economic takeoff has also...

The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx’ work. Tonight on Big Ideas, David Harvey looks at the nature of capitalism and points out fundamental contradictions of capital. David Harvey is one of the world’s foremost Marx scholars. Guests David Harvey Marx scholar and Distinguished Professor of...

This guide provides a selection of information sources about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, an American law developed to reduce offshore tax evasion which has implications for Australia. Introduction: The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is an American law developed to reduce offshore tax evasion and regain federal tax revenues from American account...

A common but understudied argument is that the reorganization of work has contributed to the deterioration of labor standards in the US over the past four decades. Yet an analysis of existing aggregate data does not show a strong, unambiguous increase in key measures of nonstandard work. This paper therefore identifies data gaps and research...