by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 7, 2017 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Last week I was interviewed on the wonderful ‘Living the Dream’ podcast. We discussed the Accord, neoliberalism and the ALP Hawke-Keating government. Our focus was on recent articles by Van Badham and Wayne Swan in The Guardian, and how the ALP and unions...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Nov 12, 2016 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Originally published at PPE. There is an emerging body of literature questioning the usefulness of the term ‘neoliberalism’. This work has highlighted the tendency for new analysis to simply add another yet more precise definition of neoliberalism in an effort — as...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 26, 2016 | Accord, Anti-politics, Australian Economy, Australian History
I recently had a short piece, co-authored by Tad Tietze, printed in response to George Megalogenis’ essay ‘Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal’. The Megalogenis essay is available in Quarterly Essay Issue 61, and our response in...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 5, 2014 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism, unions
Tad Tietze and I have an article on the state of the unions in the wake of the Qantas job cuts, which has been stirring up some discussion at The Guardian‘s Comment Is Free section. Here’s a preview, and you can read the full article here. It is no...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Dec 28, 2012 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism
This post was originally published at Overland Journal. *** For the last post of 2012 we were asked to reflect on politics over the last year. In thinking on this for the last week I’ve drafted about ten first paragraphs. The writer’s block arises not from nothing to...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 14, 2012 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, unions
This blog post first appeared at Overland Journal. *** On 16 May 2012 there was a reunion at the Australian Council of Trade Unions congress gala dinner. The crucial players involved in the development of the ACTU and ALP Prices and Incomes Accord of the 1980s –...
