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Hello. I’m Abbas Valadkhani, and I’m an economics professor at Swinburne University. Last year I wrote a piece for The Conversation on my research on the profits big banks make when they delay passing on interest rate cuts to customers.
Parliamentarians directly made reference to my work at a Senate Committee inquiry when questioning the CEOs of the big four banks, just hours after my article was published.
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Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev was the first to appear before a parliamentary committee inquiring into the practices of the big four banks.
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Abbas Valadkhani, Swinburne University of Technology
When the cash rate increases, lending rates shoot up like rockets, but when the opposite occurs they go down like feathers.
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Name-blind resumes help reduce racial and gender bias.
Usman W. Chohan, UNSW
Ashley, Ashton, Ashish and Ashanti are four incredibly talented people with outstanding resumes. A copy of each is sitting on your desk, and you can’t help but notice that the four resumes are completely…
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This nation has a history that extends well beyond the past 227 years.
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Chelsea Bond, The University of Queensland
If there is ever a day that I don’t feel Australian, it would be on Australia Day. My mother is a fifth-generation Australian of English and Irish heritage and my father is Munanjahli and an Australian-born…
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The ABC’s popular Q And A show revolves around opinion. But not all opinions are of equal value.
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Patrick Stokes, Deakin University
Every year, I try to do at least two things with my students at least once. First, I make a point of addressing them as “philosophers” – a bit cheesy, but hopefully it encourages active learning. Secondly…
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Is someone watching your mail?
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Monique Mann, Queensland University of Technology
More and more examples of indiscriminate surveillance are coming to light. What can we do about it?
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