Public–private partnerships have turned out to be an expensive way of plugging gaps, writes Nicholas Gruen on Inside Story.

The final report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce led by Nicholas Gruen. The use of the internet as a platform for collaboration is already transforming our economy and our lives. Whole industries and sectors are being refashioned by this phenomenon of Web 2.0. Citizens are being empowered to express themselves, organise and collaborate in myriad...

State government debt can be a force for good, argues Nicholas Gruen, as the Unsworth committee looks again at NSW electricity privatisation.

The Australians facing the strongest disincentives to work are mostly on middle and lower incomes argues Nicholas Gruen in this CEDA report. These people are also the ones most likely to respond to the incentive provided by tax cuts. To encourage more work, tax cutting should focus on lowering the bottom (15 per cent) income...

Taxing and spending, if it’s done carefully, is no bad thing, writes Nicholas Gruen.