It’s chess,not checkers:China can play the long game against Trump
Opinion
Trade wars

It’s chess,not checkers:China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Don’t be fooled. Ever-higher defence spending means ever-higher taxes
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Income tax

Don’t be fooled. Ever-higher defence spending means ever-higher taxes

We’re spending about $56 billion a year on defence and that’s going to rise sharply,no matter who’s in power. Does anyone really think this won’t lead to income tax hikes?

  • byRoss Gittins
Voters’ unasked question:Which party do I want deciding wages policy?

Voters’ unasked question:Which party do I want deciding wages policy?

For an election dominated by cost-of-living sloganeering,neither Labor nor the Coalition has bothered to utter a word on wages.

  • byRoss Gittins
‘Trump is doing permanent damage’:What’s got global market leaders spooked?

‘Trump is doing permanent damage’:What’s got global market leaders spooked?

The meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this past week have been dominated by the future of a key building block of globalisation.

  • byColby Smith
China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war

China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war

Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.

  • byKeith Bradsher
Trump’s trade war could blow up the IMF and World Bank
Opinion
IMF

Trump’s trade war could blow up the IMF and World Bank

Meetings of two of the world’s key multilateral organisations this week will be overshadowed by the prospect that the US will withdraw from the institutions it helped create.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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The Trump billionaires who run the economy and the things they say

The Trump billionaires who run the economy and the things they say

Psychologists say that extreme wealth changes people and their views of those who have less.

  • byElisabeth Bumiller
My Easter sermon:How we Trump-proof our society
Opinion
Wellbeing

My Easter sermon:How we Trump-proof our society

When politicians are no longer game to appeal to the better angels of our nature,you know we’ve got a problem.

  • byRoss Gittins
‘Adapt or die’:How tech disrupted Generation X careers

‘Adapt or die’:How tech disrupted Generation X careers

In the Back to the Future trilogy,Generation X was promised technology would bring hoverboards and flying cars. Reality instead has brought Zoom meetings and career frustration.

  • byChris Zappone
Trump has already lost his trade war against China

Trump has already lost his trade war against China

Beijing is hardly likely to roll over given its financial and global trading strength.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
Whether you eat alone is one of the best predictors of happiness
Opinion
Wellbeing

Whether you eat alone is one of the best predictors of happiness

If you’re sharing a meal with someone this Easter,chances are you’re happier.

  • byMillie Muroi