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Associate Professor Sam Tsiaplias
Principal Research Fellow, Macroeconomics Research Program, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
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Business & Economics
Home ownership stays a pipe dream for many
Despite rising numbers of new home loans amid the COVID-19 economic recovery, the outlook for housing affordability remains bleak and more of us will be renting long term
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Business & Economics
2019 Budget: The Verdict Part 1
From the politics and macro numbers, to infrastructure and domestic violence, University of Melbourne experts dissect the government’s election budget in part one of our coverage
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Business & Economics
2018 Budget: The big takeaways
Economists are concerned a flatter tax system will heighten inequality, while the challenge of affording an older Australia still needs to be addressed ... sometime
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Business & Economics
Sleepwalking into a deficit experiment
Simply reining in Australia’s Federal budget deficit isn’t enough. We need long term planning if we are to afford our ageing population