trickle down economics

Rates, Railroads and Relief for Refugees

Date Published: 20/02/2023
Category: The Bulletin

Interest Rates Rise A couple weeks ago, the Reserve Bank of Australia increased interest rates for the ninth consecutive time. It was news delivered along with a grim warning. It wouldn’t be the last of such increases; there were several more to come. RBA Governor Phil Lowe sticks by his decision and is quick to remind…

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2023/02/20/rates-railroads-and-relief-for-refugees/

Trickle down inequality exposed

Date Published: 23/08/2016
Category: Analysis

One of the defining concepts that underpins much of Malcolm Turnbull’s economic ideas – and pretty much every conservative government going back to Reagan and Thatcher in the 1980s – is the belief in “trickle down”.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2016/08/23/trickle-down-inequality-exposed/