Explore how government spending can limit private investment and cut disposable income, often raising interest rates and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Having worked in the Treasury during the 1970s, I had a feeling of "back to the future" when reading Aditya Chakrabortty's article about the economic policy of the "new generation" in government ...

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Back in the days of the financial crisis, when the Rudd government, in the face of hostility from the Coalition and much of the media, deployed large-scale fiscal stimulus to protect jobs and prevent ...

A pivotal fiscal concept is being hushed up, writes Stephen Kirchner. TREASURER Wayne Swan didn't feel the need to mention the size of the deficit on budget night. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd also had ...