Ecological concerns have never been top of the list for Australian policy makers in recent years. Instead, they have struggled with issues of reliance on the export of primary commodities with declining terms of trade, dependence on the import of capital and shortages of managerial expertise....

Preliminary results suggests that Australia's external holdings of equity and debt as a percentage of national income almost doubled between 1997 and 2001. However, Australia international investment position as a percentage of national income is one of the lowest among the major OECD countries....

This article examines the effects of public infrastructure on the productive performance of 12 two-digit Canadian manufacturing industries. A flexible cost function incorporating public capital infrastructure is estimated for each industry separately using annual time series data for 1961-1995....

Mitchell and Mosler (M&M) in their paper provide a critique of neoclassical remedies for unemployment and recommend a job guarantee scheme that they argue would lead to permanent full employment. The fundamental underpinning of their analysis is that unemployment is due to a lack of aggregate...

This paper presents a critique of the traditional textbook representation of fiscal policy, and highlights the misleading policy implications perpetuated by this analysis. In particular, the conclusion that fiscal deficits are likely to be associated with higher interest rates is disputed, as is...

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Australian Labor Party's accession to power as the Federal government. It might be opportune, therefore, to revisit Labor's legacy in terms of industry/trade policies. Contrary to the optimistic assessments and the rhetoric about the ostensible...

High unemployment in most OECD countries seems intractable. The reduction of unemployment rate to an acceptable level requires a growth rate of the economy well in access of the current rate. However, policy makers are uneasy of pursuing an expansionary policy for the fear of igniting...

This paper outlines the details of an innovative postgraduate program, Master of Business (ERP), incorporating SAP R/3 System and related products that was introduced at the University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 1999. The program aims to develop integrative enterprise skills in a...

Performance measurement within organisations identifies areas of a business that need attention and improvement. The measurement and control of logistics performance requires the selection of critical performance measures and the development of information systems to gather required data, report...

Academic and other research has consistently shown that the work of child care workers has historically been undervalued due to its feminised nature, its charitable origins and a low rate of unionisation. However employer submissions to wage fixing tribunals have both challenged a higher...