Black Friday: What You Need to Know
By: Mike Crooks
It was once the Boxing Day sales or end-of-financial-year sales that were the big retail events in Australia. Read more
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Generation Alpha’s Economic Footprint
By: Mark McCrindle
Generation Alpha is poised to reshape the consumer landscape, wielding an unparalleled economic influence driven by their innate relationship with technology. Read more
Exploring the Link Between Population Growth and Property Prices
By: McCrindle
Over the last couple of years, the key factors driving Australia’s population growth have all fallen. Read more
Too Good to Waste: How the Circular Economy Is Reshaping Consumption
By: Michael McQueen
Within a society driven by capitalist aims – efficiency, accumulation, profits – the endless innovation of new products is a worthy practice. Keeping consumers keen for new products is key, and so the clever marketing, regular new releases and planned obsolescence begin. After all, why would a customer buy a new product if they are satisfied with what they have? Read more
Road to Repair: What The “Recovery” Budget Means For You
By: Michael Crooks
After the fiscal damage caused by the pandemic, the Morrison Government has delivered a budget it said will lead Australia’s economy forward. Read more
Blockchain May Bring Greater Levels of Financial Equality
By: Michael McQueen
Recent years have seen cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and Etherium attract enormous attention and fascination. While early investors in these currencies made small fortunes overnight (Bitcoin’s value soared over 70% in 2020 alone), what the fever-pitched excitement over cryptocurrencies overshadowed was the more important technological transformation being driven by blockchain. Read more
Workers Wanted: Job Ads on the Rise in the Wake of COVID
By: Michael Crooks
While the rest of the world still suffers the economic ravages of the pandemic, in Australia, job vacancies are on the up. Read more
How the Emerging Economy Will Get You a Better Gig
By: Michael McQueen
While trends are known to come and go, it is not often you see the economy come full circle. Over 100 years ago, before the turn of the century and the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the notion of a salary was not commonplace. Some estimate that as little as 10% of workers had one, the rest of the population surviving off what we would now refer to as the ‘gig economy’. Read more
Positive Economic Outlook for Australia in 2021
By: McCrindle
While 2020 began with hope and optimism for a new year and decade, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly took hold of the world, and the subsequent lockdowns and restrictions having many personal impacts for people, but also on the economy. Despite a tough year in 2020, economists are positive about Australia’s recovery over the coming years.