Recent publications
Surplus fetish: The political economy of the surplus, deficit and debt, D Richardson, 9 May
The industries that cried wolf, R Denniss, 18 April
The price of disloyalty: Why competition has failed to lower ATM fees, J Fear, 17 February
Complementary or contradictory? An analysis of the design of climate policies in Australia, R Denniss and A Macintosh, 9 February
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