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How to fight inflation without worsening inequality

Interest rates are a blunt tool for tackling inflation, and can hurt the people least able to absorb higher costs. Abraham Maslow, an eminent...

21.08.2026 50

The New Daily

Mark Diesendorf

Fighting inflation without making inequality worse

Interest rates are a blunt tool for tackling inflation, and can hurt the people least able to absorb higher costs. Abraham Maslow, an eminent...

19.08.2026 50

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Diesendorf

Eight economic myths that are helping destroy our future

Eight persistent economic myths help protect vested interests, deepen inequality and accelerate environmental destruction. The economy must be rebuilt...

08.07.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Diesendorf

The myth of the balanced budget

A monetary sovereign government such as Australia’s does not need to balance its budget or borrow the currency it creates, provided total spending...

08.06.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Diesendorf

Fossil fuel myths are slowing the energy transition

28.04.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Diesendorf

Key policies for the energy transition

19.09.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Diesendorf

The principal barrier to a rapid energy transition

28.07.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Diesendorf