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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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Bending to China's wishes: Tibet and Glencore
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen.
Due to China's size and importance, relations with Beijing…
Can a new DG save the WTO?
And then there were two.
The process of selecting a new Director-General for the WTO is heading to a conclusion, with the third and final round of consultations with members…
What can the world learn from Abenomics?
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
As the debate over 'growth versus fiscal austerity' continues, with the latest battleground set to be the…
Fiscal policy: A rock and a hard place
With Spanish unemployment topping 27%, it's hard to argue that the recovery is on track. It's not just Spain: the IMF estimates, in its latest World Economic Outlook, that euro…
The Twitterisation of economic debate
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
The controversy over mistakes in a research paper by Harvard Professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth…
Why economists' errors matter
Economics blogs are all atwitter with discussion of Reinhart and Rogoff's (R&R) Excel error: it turns out that a 90% debt-to-GDP ratio is not a critical threshold for…
Analyses
Australian model or Australian bubble?
Mark Thirlwell has an essay in the March-April issue of Pacific Standard that takes a look at Australia’s recent economic success and assesses whether we can keep…
What the G20 finance ministers did not say
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
What was not included in the communiqué was the most interesting thing coming from the meeting of G20…
How not to Excel in economics
Hugh Jorgensen is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
Drama, tension and controversy are not usually phenomena associated with high-level…
Commodity trade: Where's the scrutiny?
The Interpreter has commented on the relaxed attitude of Australian authorities to the possibility that world commodity prices might be manipulated to our disadvantage.
The…