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The International Economics Program
The International Economics program aims to explain developments in the international economy, and influence policy. It does so by undertaking independent analytical research.
The International Economics program contributes to the Lowy Institute’s core publications: policy briefs and policy analyses. For example, the program contributed the Lowy Institute Paper, John Edwards’ Beyond the Boom, which argued that Australia’s transition away from the commodities boom will be quite smooth.
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A more expensive Chinese lunch for Australia?
Last week, the IMF made its contribution to the ongoing debate over Chinese economic performance. The growth forecasts included in the Fund's latest Article IV Staff Report on…
Indonesia's development formula
I share Sam Roggeveen's enthusiasm for the iconoclastic approach of Joe Studwell's How Asia Works (his previous book on Asian Godfathers was a great read too). I also share…
G20 on tax avoidance: Talk or action?
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
There were reports prior to the G20 finance ministers' meeting in Moscow on 19-20 July that, while G20…
Are robots killing jobs?
We've been through this debate before, says Wall Street Journal writer Daniel Akst. The last such period of disruptive automation was in the mid-20th century:
Reading through…
Speeches
G20 Studies Centre Workshop 12 July 2013: Financial regulation and the G20
G20 Studies Centre Workshop 12 July 2013: Financial regulation and the G20Hugh Jorgensen
G20: Rudd should go because it's important
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
The G20 Leaders' summit in St Petersburg on 5-6 September 2013 continues to be a factor influencing the…
Interview: 'How Asia Works' part II
Below is the second part of my exchange with Joe Studwell, whose book, as I said in the intro to part 1, has tested some assumptions about economic development I've been carrying…
Interview: Author of 'How Asia Works'
Last month Marginal Revolution blogger Tyler Cowen described Joe Studwell's How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region as 'perhaps my favourite…
China's incomplete financial evolution
The spike in China's short-term interest rates over the past month sent a shiver through world financial markets, in the same way that Fed Chairman Bernanke's statements on…
Reports
Financial regulation and the G20
This issue of the Monitor examines financial regulation and the role of the G20. It is part of a series examining specific issues on the G20 agenda. The next Monitor will cover…