Monthly Archives:: September 2007
Unsustainable debt: Australia’s own subprime crisis
Australians are addicted to debt but we can’t afford to keep borrowing at current levels forever, according to a new report by Centre for Policy Development fellow Dr Steve Keen. more
Deeper in Debt
Australians are addicted to debt but we can’t afford to keep borrowing at current levels forever. ‘Deeper in Debt’ is CPD fellow Steve Keen‘s analysis of Australia’s looming crisis in housing affordability and private debt.
Crisis without collapse
How can we transform the risk of breakdown into an opportunity for renewal? Thomas Homer-Dixon explores the possibilities for positive change in this extract from ‘The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization’. more
Strategic directions for a national primary health care policy
This article proposes a ‘cooperative federalist’ approach to funding and workforce integration with the aim of improving primary care across Australia over 5 to 10 years. more
Are We Ready for a New Kind of Capitalism?
American social entrepreneur Peter Barnes presents a vision for safeguarding the commons from both governments and markets. more
International Metropolis conference workshop: Multiculturalism vs plural monoculturalism
CPD Director Miriam Lyons and fellow Emma Dawson will join international researchers to present a workshop titled Narratives of Inclusion: Multiculturalism versus Plural Monoculturalism in Liberal Democracies at the 12th International Metropolis Conference on Migration, Economic Growth and Social Cohesion in October in Melbourne. more
Insight Edition | September 2007
In this edition: Deeper in Debt: Australia’s addiction to borrowed money Australians have an unsustainable debt addiction, which will be hard to kick, and painful to recover from. A new report by CPD fellow Steve Keen has found that in just 18 months time we may be spending as much of the national income on interest payments as we were … more
A 2020 vision of a feed in tariff for Australia
Voters, consumers and the planet are hungry for renewable energy: Danny Kennedy explains how to feed the renewables industry. more