economics isn't an end itself. There has to be a social benefit
- Written by Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW
When I was growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s I wanted to be like Bob Hawke.
Other kids generally wanted to be cricket, football or rock stars. I wanted to be a research officer with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. That’s what Hawke had been in the 1950s and 1960s, working on national wage cases advocating for Australian workers.
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