Publications by Author

1. FEATURE: Why Still Worry About the Capital Account Surplus?

   Tony Makin | 12 Dec 2005 | POLICY Magazine

   An arbitrary percentage of GDP is not the right measure of an unsustainable current account deficit.

2. FEATURE: Prioritising Policies for Prosperity

   Tony Makin | 12 Dec 1999 | POLICY Magazine

   Raising national saving, a major objective of a series of recent federal budgets, has been a high economic policy priority.

3. FEATURE: A Macroeconomic Role for the IRC

   Tony Makin | 09 Sep 1998 | POLICY Magazine

   Institutional redesign as a way to reduce employment.

4. FEATURE: Financial Globalisation: Ceding Sovereignty or Safeguarding Growth

   Tony Makin | 06 Jun 1997 | POLICY Magazine

   Fears of globalisation are overstated.

5. SCHOOLS' BRIEF: Economic Growth

   Tony Makin | 03 Mar 1996 | POLICY Magazine

   Macroeconomics is about the behaviour of the economy taken as a whole. The study of economic growth is an important part... Read More...

6. FEATURE: Reserve Bank Independence or a Money-Growth Rule?

   Tony Makin | 12 Dec 1993 | POLICY Magazine

   Reserve bank independence has been proposed as a way of increasing the stability of monetary policy.

7. COMMENT: Rejoinder for Reserve Bank Independence or a Money-Growth Rule?

   Tony Makin | 12 Dec 1993 | POLICY Magazine

   Tony Makin's rejoinder for his article, Reserve Bank Independence or a Money-Growth Rule?

8. NOTES & COMMENTS: How Australia's National Wealth Rose in the 1980s

   Tony Makin | 03 Mar 1993 | POLICY Magazine

   Assets, liabilities and wealth.

9. FEATURE: A New Classical Response to the Langmore Report

   Tony Makin | 03 Mar 1992 | POLICY Magazine

   The 1991 Langmore Report rejects the 'New Classical' argument that Australia's current account deficit and external debts... Read More...

10. FEATURE: There's Nothing Wrong with Australia's Trade Mix

    Tony Makin | 03 Mar 1991 | POLICY Magazine

    Arguments that Australia should increase its exports of manufactured goods frequently overlook the elementary economics of... Read More...

11. LETTERS: Wolfgang Kasper Vs Tony Makin On Foreign Debt

    Tony Makin, Wolfgang Kasper | 03 Mar 1990 | POLICY Magazine

    Does Foreign Debt matter?

12. FEATURE: Why Worry About The Capital Account Surplus?

    Tony Makin | 12 Dec 1989 | POLICY Magazine

    Official gloom about Australia's current account deficit can be dispelled by contemplating the benefits of the corresponding... Read More...