living standards

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Wealth

Why have Australian living standards “fallen” and how do we fix it?

The cost-of-living crisis is only part of the story. Australia's productivity slump is the bigger threat to prosperity.
Shane Oliver
AMP
Wealth

Are we just a bunch of bloody first-world whingers?

We've spent the past week behaving like an economic apocalypse just arrived on a Jetstar flight from Canberra. Is the panic warranted?
Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
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