Jim Stanford
Jim Stanford is Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute, and author of the new report, A Fair Share for Australian Manufacturing: Manufacturing Renewal for the Post-COVID Economy.
Jim's recent articles
28 February 2023
The lopsided distributional impacts of Australias profit-price inflation
With excess corporate profits accounting for 69% of additional inflation beyond the RBAs target, current anti-inflation policy blames the victims of inflation, while ignoring its perpetrators.
12 January 2022
Wrong way, go back: Covid response is now one of our worst policy failures
If relaxing health restrictions, even as Omicron was spreading, was designed to boost the economy, this is an own-goal for the history books.
2 August 2020
Manufacturing Could Lead Australias Post-COVID Recovery
There is a myth that we are heading toward a post-industrial economy, in which manufacturing doesnt matter anymore. In reality, we use more manufactured goods every year and they are vital to all other jobs, too (including in resources and services).