Rethinking Productivity in Australia

This week in Canberra, the press, unions, business leaders and politicians have all been talking about one thing: the economic roundtable. 

It’s been spruiked by the government as a way to address a core problem with the economy – sluggish productivity. 

But what is actually on offer – and will it make a difference to the rising structural inequalities we face?

Today Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, on what’s happening behind closed doors in Canberra, and the challenge and opportunity Labor now faces.
 

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Guest: Executive Director of The Australia Institute Richard Denniss

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