It is good news that some of the economic and financial indicators - such as business and consumer confidence, commodity prices and sharemarkets - have started to improve.

[The Age - 16 July 2009 > read full article]

Three decades on, China’s market reforms have generated fast wealth in the non-state sector and a flexible labour market in the state sector.

[The Age - 10 June 2009 > read full article]

Some of the brightest young minds in Australia went head to head to argue whether the Rudd Government should delay the emissions trading scheme in the interest of economic recovery to determine Victoria’s the top debating school in Viewpoint 2009.

Gippsland Grammar and Scotch College are through to the final of Viewpoint 2009, the Monash Economics debate. They will go head to head on 28 May at Federation Square in Melbourne.

Current economics topics came under the spotlight during Viewpoint 2009, the Monash Economics Debate when 24 teams from secondary schools in Victoria went head to head over the weekend to determine which eight teams will go through to the next round.

In order to heighten awareness of economic issues among secondary school students the faculty has introduced Viewpoint 2009, the Monash Economics Debate.

The recent sharp decrease in interest rates seems to have overshadowed the problem of housing affordability. So has the Federal Government’s first economic stimulus package, where doubling and tripling - for new houses - of the first home owner grant is a key expenditure item.

[The Age - 25 February 2009 > read full article]