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Mark Thirlwell

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Room to grow: the Australia–India economic relationship


This resource shows the importance of ongoing development of economic ties between Australia and India. India is also only a modest destination for Australian outward investment, ranking as our 18th most popular investment destination and accounting for just 0.5 per cent of the total stock of Australian investment overseas as of end 2014, or A$9.8...
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Saving multilateralism: the G20, the WTO, and world trade


The multilateral trading system, an important contributor to global peace and prosperity, is in trouble. This paper argues that its time for G20 Leaders to work harder to save it. Key findings: Since the second half of the twentieth century, the multilateral trading system has facilitated the growth of world trade and hence global prosperity...
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The G20 leaders’ process five years on: an assessment from an Asian perspective


One of the most significant developments in global economic leadership in recent years has been the development of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. After a positive start, particularly with the 2009 London G20 Leaders’ Summit, the G20 has more recently been criticized as losing focus and making little headway in dealing with major global economic issues...
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The Eurozone's bad bets: a beginner's guide to the Eurozone crisis


In this new Working Paper, Mark Thirlwell provides a beginner’s guide to the Eurozone crisis. He argues that the Eurozone experiment has rested on a series of big economic and political bets, and that it’s now clear that almost none of them have paid off. European Monetary Union is no longer sustainable in its current...
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Subprime nation? America's economic policy challenges


Mark Thirlwell takes a look at some of the key economic policy challenges currently facing American policymakers. Not that long ago, economists considering a career in the area of applied international macroeconomics might have found themselves debating whether to focus on developed or emerging markets. Developed markets offered the obvious attraction of being the most...

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