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Mark Diesendorf

Sydney
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Environmental scientist, writer, campaigner for climate action & renewable energy. Also enjoys bushwalking, kayaking and reading.
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Population growth, environment and Australia’s economy

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By Mark Diesendorf
| Pearls and Irritations
Australia’s population debate cannot be separated from environmental decline, inequality and economic wellbeing. With continued growth adding pressure, zero population growth deserves a serious place in the national conversation. Not one of Australia’s political parties with seats in federal parliament has a clear, comprehensive, coherent, constructive, population policy.
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How to fight inflation without making inequality worse

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By Mark Diesendorf
| The New Daily Verified
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Fighting inflation without making inequality worse

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By Mark Diesendorf
| pearlsandirritations.com
Interest rates are a blunt tool for tackling inflation, and can hurt the people least able to absorb higher costs. Abraham Maslow, an eminent psychologist, once said, “If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” This seems to be the response to inflation by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), acting as if its only tool is increasing interest rates, a crude and unjust response to a complicated problem.
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