"Is the virus the meteor that finally wipes out the dinosaur of cash?" AFR 1/6/21.

 

"Vital Signs: Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times," The Conversation 1/22/21.

 

"Media Code a Stalinist Show Trial," AFR 1/28/21.

 

"Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake," The Conversation 1/29/21.

 

"‘Whatever it takes’: Vaccine strategy needs urgent rethink," SMH 2/1/21.

 

"Vital Signs: We are on the way back, but there are risks at every turn," The Conversation 2/5/21.

 

"Vital Signs: What if Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is too big?," The Conversation 2/12/21.

 

"The perverse logic of the push for higher interest rates," AFR 2/17/21.

 

"Vital Signs: In the battle over interest rates, it’d be unwise to bet against the RBA," The Conversation 3/5/21.

 

"Stand up to Europe on vaccines," SMH 3/9/21.

 

"Vital Signs: timing of Yallourn’s closure shows it’s high time for a carbon price," The Conversation 3/12/21.

 

"Vaccine complacency could undo Australia’s hard work," SMH 3/13/21.

 

"Vital Signs: Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind," The Conversation 3/19/21.

 

"More than $1bn of ‘dark money’ has gone into politics in two decades. You OK with that?," Crikey 3/22/21.

 

"To win the vaccine rollout race we must break into a sprint," AFR 3/25/21.

 

"Campaign finance is a big problem — here’s how we could go about fixing it," Crikey 3/25/21.

 

"Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out," The Conversation 3/26/21.

 

"How to end corruption? First break down the code of silence allowing it to thrive," Crikey 3/26/21.

 

"Ramp up R&D to give homegrown vaccines a shot," The Australian 4/1/21.

 

"Vital Signs: swaps, options and other derivatives aren’t just for the financial elite," The Conversation 4/2/21.

 

"Our vaccine rollout is a disaster--here's how to fix it," SMH 4/5/21.

 

"Vital Signs: to fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis, negative gearing must go," The Conversation 4/9/21.

 

"Paying for lack of vaccine insurance," AFR 4/9/21.

 

"Vital Signs: Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post," The Conversation 4/16/21.

 

"$20 billion and counting: the economic hit from vaccination delays is a very big deal," SMH 4/20/21.

 

"Vital Signs: the pros and cons of diversity in organisations," The Conversation 4/23/21.

 

"Vital Signs: 3 economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget," The Conversation 4/30/21.

 

"Biden is making a mistake on vaccine patents," AFR 5/7/21.

 

"Vital Signs: The RBA wants to cut unemployment, and nothing — not even soaring home prices — will stand in its way," The Conversation 5/7/21.

 

"How will we know if the ‘Frydenberg pivot’ works? Good economics, good politics — all the government has to do is hold its nerve," Crikey 5/11/21.

 

"Budget winners and losers: a quick look at what tonight might mean for you," Crikey 5/11/21.

 

"Budget 2021: the floppy-V-shaped recovery," The Conversation 5/11/21.

 

"Who led Josh Frydenberg down the path of empathy and rigour in fiscal policy?" Crikey 5/12/21.

 

"Where does the budget leave Labor?," AFR 5/12/21.

 

"Vital Signs: wages growth desultory, unemployment stunning," The Conversation 5/21/21.

 

"Vital Signs: a bounce-back in investment holds open the possibility of very good news," The Conversation 5/27/21.

 

"No jab, no franking credits: hit them before it hurts," SMH 6/1/21.

 

"Vital Signs: ASIC’s crusade against activist short sellers will be bad for regular folk," The Conversation 6/4/21.

 

"Why the G7 move on company tax is a good thing for Australia … but not in the way you might think," Crikey 6/7/21.

 

"Vital Signs: It’s not the Reserve Bank’s job to worry about housing prices," The Conversation 6/11/21.

 

"Vital Signs: Why has growth slowed globally? It has something to do with technology," The Conversation 6/18/21.

 

"Next election is Labor's 1983 moment all over again," AFR 6/23/21.

 

"Vital Signs: how to halve serious injuries and deaths from teenage driving accidents," The Conversation 6/25/21.

 

"Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence," The Conversation 7/2/21.

 

"Closing schools must be a last resort," SMH 7/5/21.

 

"Vital Signs: RBA governor Philip Lowe’s dangerous game on interest rate," The Conversation 7/9/21.

 

"Why most economists continue to back lockdowns," The Conversation 7/9/21.

 

"Vital Signs: amid the lockdown gloom, Australia’s jobless rate hits decade low of 4.9%," The Conversation 7/16/21.

 

"Vaccination is endgame that will allow us to reopen for good," AFR 7/19/21.

 

Richard Holden