Sustainable Economy Fellowship
Making sustainable economic ideas matter
As part of our Sustainable Economy Program, CPD are seeking applications from outstanding researchers for a new CPD Sustainable Economy Fellowship, generously sponsored by Slater & Gordon. more
From the time Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy last September, most politicians and public servants have been busy trying to contain the damage of the global economic crisis, without paying much attention to the economic order that may emerge in the recovery phase. CPD fellow Ian McAuley asks, ‘What comes next?’ more
At CPD we think there are many reasons to be hopeful as we work for positive change to the policies that will affect our lives well into the 21st century. There are many things we can still do to avoid the ‘triple crunch’ and steer our economy and environment towards a more sustainable and fairer … more
Why a Sustainable Economy Research Program is needed Today’s economic policy makers are too strongly influenced by what they see in the rear-view mirror, often failing to anticipate the potholes and opportunities ahead. Not only are we failing to prepare for rapidly approaching environmental and resource limits, but we are also failing to respond to the clear evidence that a … more
Regina Betz and Iain MacGill’s case against carbon compensation is featured in Mark Diesendorf’s new book Climate Action. They make the case that good governance in a national Emissions Trading Scheme requires 100% auctioning.
CDP fellow Ian McAuley surveys Australia’s economic structure, including an outline of some long-term and medium-term challenges for Australian economic policy in his Australian Economic Fact Sheet for the Australia Collaboration, a group of peak national community organisations. more
In this discussion paper for the Centre for Policy Development, Fred Argy demolishes the myths underpinning the bipartisan consensus falsely described as ‘fiscal conservatism’. more