“We need a Reserve Bank for health”: Australia’s health ‘Godfather’ on fixing the system The 'Americanisation' of our health system; pharmaceutical protectionism; a regulator for health - Professor Jeff Richardson has been at the coalface of these policy debates for more than 30 years. Jeff Richardson Mental stress a key factor in misuse of pharmaceutical drugs New research provides a more detailed picture of why Australians are increasingly abusing pharmaceutical drugs. Xueyan Zhao Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics Could a floor price fix Australia’s alcohol problem? One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor: Could a minimum unit price on alcohol cause significant falls in the amount of alcohol consumed by at-risk drinkers? Anurag Sharma Leaving it to fate: how personality influences wealth Personality plays more of a role in determining a person's level of wealth at retirement than previously thought. Sonja de New The link between childhood obesity and poor learning Obesity is a global epidemic. The number of obese adults has more than doubled to 600 million worldwide since 1980, according to the World Health Organization. Nicole Black David Johnston Sonja de New Centre for Health Economics Civil war: the real economic cost Children exposed to civil war experience significant psychological turmoil but new research by Monash Business School shows that that struggle extends beyond the emotional impact, lowering a person's future earning potential and damaging economies in the process. Russell Smyth Asadul Islam Lian Choon Wang Department of Economics Prev 1 2
