The lessons of the 2008 banking failures look like they have already been forgotten – or erased.

Mixed objectives and a focus on so-called fairness are creating unhelpful confusion.

<p>Argentina’s problems will be high-profile, as it is the current chair of G20, but in our region the lessons of 1997 have been fully absorbed.</p>

Sweatshop conditions are still widespread across Asia in clothing and footwear manufacturing.

<p>It is rare that free-market economists&nbsp;find themselves advocating the same policies as a president with a&nbsp;deal-by-deal attitude.</p>

Greg Earl with economic news from across the region.

Labour market participation is a key factor in determining monetary policy.

The EPG says economic reforms proposed by the G20 are neither radical nor novel.

If anyone deserves protection at this increasingly protectionist time it is the least developed countries around the world.

Greg Earl with economic snippets from across the region.

Fears about the effects of quantitative easing are refuted by experience.

China will certainly respond to a forthcoming US investigation and exports penalties with sanctions of its own.

Each ephemeral piece of news is presented as a narrative of impending doom.

The World Trade Organisation could be in a precarious position in its role of keeping a lid on protectionism.

Big plans and big projects are dominating the Great Game of power politics.

While the tradition of central bank independence is relatively new, the idea has held firm.

<p>Economic news from across Asia.</p>

China will one day run into the same growth-constraining factors as South Korea and Japan. But not yet.

Trade deals in Asia are a test of America's self image, as the debate rages on China's on-campus influence in Australia.

Paul Romer's departure fits a pattern of high flying academics struggling with the constraints of official bureaucracies.

Negotiations that enhance trade openness would be fine, but it is clear this is not what Trump has in mind.

The problem for the global economy is not what the Trump administration has done so far. It is what it may contemplate doing next.

Given Australia's disappointment over Canada's last-minute TPP snub, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo likely had no hesitation in lodging the complaint over wine.

It appears China’s economic policy-making elite (if not always Xi Jinping himself) like the certainty and stability of the Bretton Woods system.

Neither monetary nor fiscal policy caused the 2007–08 crisis: the direct blame lies squarely with the financial sector.

Why would Australia weaken marine regulation for so little economic benefit?

In the economic realm, China is not only rapidly becoming a superior power, but also one with the same partners as the US.

Three analyses of Asia's business environment have highlighted the economic diplomacy challenges involved in reaping the White Paper's promised opportunity.

Economic growth alone no longer resonates as a policy target.

Lessons from the global financial crisis haven't influenced US President Donald Trump's tax changes.

An arbitrary end of year deadline looms, yet comments by Indonesian officials should give Australian negotiators pause.

Bitcoin's price remains aloft, like cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, suspended in mid-air after running off a cliff.

UK and Australian angles on foreign investment are becoming more alike, driven in both countries by the same policy perplexity.

Forget the China-US economic comparison. Will Australia cope when Indonesia's economy is bigger?

Exploring the pitfalls of measuring China's economy against Americas.

The two-degree target is way beyond reach on the International Energy Agency’s base scenario.

Scott Morrison is overstating the benefit to Australia of company tax cuts.

Using inflation prospects as the sole criterion for policy-setting was always a convenient simplification for central banks.

Ternate's history is a reminder that globalisation and 'free markets' are not always exactly the same.

New statistics reveal Asian trade dependency on the US and Europe.

Australia was once a global inflation champ, but no more.

The international financial system is significantly different to the one that existed when the IMF and World Bank were established.

What Trump might do on the Japan trade deficit, educating China's students, the legacy of Julie Bishop's economic diplomacy drive and more.

Labor is going back to the future with a distinctly economic determinist approach to future engagement with Asia.

While forecaster moods have been volatile, global growth overall has been pretty consistent – and pretty good.

Monetary policy appears to have lost its guiding compass; unemployment has fallen but inflation and wage pressures have not increased.

The case for openness is compelling, but also more nuanced than many proponents tend to make it.

The Asian Development Bank was once an indispensible institution and should seek to be so again.

Strengthened international cooperation may require one international institution taking overall responsibility for capital flow management.

The tirelessly ingenious financial sector will find new ways of getting into trouble.