12/07/2026
Was life really better in the "good old days"? ๐ค
With rising cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty, itโs easy to look back at the past with nostalgia. But while housing was certainly more affordable a generation ago, many economic indicators - from household income to workplace equality - are significantly better today.
Read our latest newsletter to learn more about how the Australian economy has changed over the last 50 years to separate economic myth from reality.
Lately, there seems to be a heightened level of angst that economic conditions are getting harder and that the two-party political system โ and maybe democracy too โ is failing voters.