Unsustainable debt: Australia’s own subprime crisis
Australians are addicted to debt but we can’t afford to keep borrowing at current levels forever, according to a new report by Centre for Policy Development fellow Dr Steve Keen.
CPD in the news
# Miriam Lyons joins Tony Jones and other panellists on ABC’s QandA 31/05/10 # Ian McAuley explains how avoiding public debt in the budget now, means the expensive problems ahead will cost more to...
Safe choice for a change
Miriam Lyons wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald’s News Review feature on the secrets of Rudd’s success
CPD launch speech – Miriam Lyons
"Many of today's policy failures are based on an unbalanced view of human nature and a blinkered view of the economy", said Miriam Lyons. "We'll be basing our policy development on the search for...
InSight Edition | May 2007
Welcome to the first edition of InSight, the monthly online magazine of the CPD.
Longer term national interests in foreign, defence and security policy demand a more informed public debate
With the Government returned to power and the Opposition under new leadership it is time for a more informed and constructive debate about the future directions of our foreign, defence and security policies –...
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The Centre for Policy Development welcomes contributions. The best way to pitch ideas and submit articles is via email: editor(at)cpd.org.au Include your name, contact details and a short bio. Please help us cut down...
History
The Centre for Policy Development has grown out of the policy development work of online magazine New Matilda. It is now an entirely seperate and independent organization. New Matilda was launched in August 2004...
About us
The Centre for Policy Development is a new, independent public interest think tank. The Centre is a hothouse of creative, forward-looking ideas for fair and sustainable policy change. We work to reveal the important...
Editorial: ideas for a complex world
After years of privatising and commodifying public assets and services, many governments are starting to look like they've shrunk in the wash (and faded in the spin cycle). The Policy Portal is dedicated to...