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Prices are up and the supply of things we need is in flux. How did we get here?

  • Written by: Flavio Macau, Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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This is the second article in The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Read the first article in the series here.


Australia is in a cost-of-living crisis. We know that because the prices typical Australians pay for typical products have been climbing much faster than typical wages, as...

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