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Cliff compromise only the start
3 January 2013
ABC News Radio
Congress has put together an eleventh-hour deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, but lecturer in US politics Adam Lockyer says it hasn't resolved the underlying issues that caused the problem. This was an agreement no one in DC feels was a victory. Listen online
Fiscal stop-gap behind Capitol Hill drama
2 January 2013
SBS News
In a last minute deal, Congress passed a compromise bill to avoid sending the United States over the fiscal cliff. Lecturer in US politics David Smith explains why the measure is a stop-gap that sets the stage for future conflict. Watch online
Fiscal cliff deal looks close
2 January 2013
Sky News
After weeks of negotiations, Congress finally looks set to pass a deal to avert the deep spending cuts and tax rises known as the 'fiscal cliff'. But as lecturer David Smith explains, the stop-gap solution will continue to cause headaches for Obama going into his second term. Watch Online
Congress brokers fiscal cliff deal
2 January 2013
Sky Business
With the Senate approving a deal to avert the fiscal cliff on New Years Day, now only the House stands between America and $600 billion in tax increases and deep spending cuts. Lecturer David Smith looks at what's next if the deal passes. Watch Online
"Will they, won't they" for fiscal cliff deal
2 January 2013
ABC News Radio
The Senate has come to a deal that will see the US avoid the fiscal cliff, but the agreement could still be derailed in the House of Representatives. Research associate Tom Switzer says political polarisation in Washington is to blame. Listen online
Fiscal cliff negotiations stall again
31 December 2012
Sky News
Negotiations to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff and avert $600 billion in tax cuts and deep spending cuts have stalled again on the eve of the deadline. Lecturer Adam Lockyer gives us the latest. Watch Online
Swan's grand GOP slam deserves a hit
31 December 2012
The Australian
Last week, Australian treasurer Wayne Swan took to Twitter to criticise US Tea Party politicians for their fiscal policies. Swan's hypocrisy, says research associate Tom Switzer, is astounding. Read article
Eleventh hour in fiscal cliff stand-off
28 December 2012
ABC Radio National Breakfast
Negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff, a series of tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect on January 1, are continuing in Washington but it remains unclear whether a deal will be reached before 2013. Lecturer David Smith discusses the latest. Listen Online
Grand bargain on fiscal cliff looks unlikely
21 December 2012
Sky Business
With less than two weeks until the deep spending cuts and tax increases known as the 'fiscal cliff' come into effect, lecturer Adam Lockyer says the chances of a grand bargain being reached on the issue are next to none. Will Republicans and Democrats reach a deal before January 1? Watch Online
Uncertainty reigns as fiscal cliff approaches
13 December 2012
2GB Money News with Ross Greenwood
Lecturer David Smith says debt reduction negotiations between Republicans and Democrats remain in their early stages, with the chances of an agreement being reached before the January 1 deadline looking increasingly slim. How will this affect the US economy and the markets here? Listen Online
Grover Norquist's no-tax call a wedge for Republicans
10 December 2012
The Australian
In the words of former president George H.W. Bush: Who the hell is Grover Norquist? Research associate Nicole Hemmer looks at the man who introduced into US politics an anti-tax pledge designed to make government small enough to "drown in a bathtub." Read article
Obama's "grand bargain" betrayal
6 December 2012
The Conversation
The fiscal cliff is an uneccessary and easily avoidable crisis, says research associate Nicole Hemmer. The grand bargain Barack Obama is cobbling together with Republicans would only hurt the most vulnerable. Read article
Can Congress come to a cliff compromise?
5 December 2012
ABC 24 The Drum
Despite Barack Obama's decisive election victory, the President still faces an uphill battle to reach a compromise in Congress to avert the so-called 'fiscal cliff' coming in 2013. Lecturer David Smith analyses at what January 1 might look like in America and around the world. Watch Online
Republican's challenged on tax reform
3 December 2012
Sky News Late Agenda
House Republicans are increasingly facing up to reality that, despite having made pledges to the contrary, they may have to accept increased tax reform to reach a deficit reduction deal says lecturer David Smith. He also discusses the Australian and American positions on Palestine in the UN. Watch Online
Norquist tax pledge looks shaky
30 November 2012
ABC TV Planet America
With signs of compromise emerging in the US fiscal cliff negotiations, Grover Norquist's pledge which committed many prominent Republicans to no tax increases is looking increasingly shaky. Assocaite professor Brendon O'Connor discusses the man behind the controversial document and what's next for the GOP. Watch Online
Congress set for fiscal cliff-hanger
16 November 2012
ABC 24 Planet America
Will America fall off the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012 or will it be averted? Does it even matter? Lecturer Adam Lockyer says it depends on whether you view the paralysis in Congress as ideological or tactical. Watch Online
No clear resolution for the fiscal cliff
15 November 2012
The Conversation
The negotiations over how to avoid the fiscal cliff come down to taxes, says elections analyst Luke Freedman. And while Democrats seem to have the upper hand, Republicans might not be completely out of luck. Read article
Negotations begin on fiscal cliff
15 November 2012
ABC News Radio
Barack Obama has given his first press conference after his re-election, touching on the Petraeus affair and the upcoming budget negotiations. Research associate Tom Switzer discusses the issues facing the President in his first 30 days and how he will handle them. Listen Online
Fiscal cliff in the US and abroad
13 November 2012
Sky News Showdown
Barack Obama may have swept to re-election but his second term risks being derailed by the so-called 'fiscal cliff' rapidly approaching the US at the end of this year. Lecturer David Smith joins an expert panel to thrash out the consequences of Obama's re-election for America and the world. Watch Online
US will ensure China follows the "road rules"
13 November 2012
Sydney Morning Herald
Economic codependence between the US and China ensures that the two countries will never go to war, says dean of the Business School and US Studies Centre professor of politics Geoffrey Garrett. The US is more interested in shaping China's rise than stopping it. Read article
Obama heads back to work
9 November 2012
Sky Business On The Record
President Obama has had little time to bask the glory of his victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney this week with looming budget negotiations threatening to derail his second term even before his inauguration in January. Senior lecturer Harry Melkonian discusses the expectations on the returning leader. Watch Online
And now for the fiscal cliff
9 November 2012
The Australian
With the election over, all eyes turn now to resolving the "fiscal cliff" over which the US is readying to plunge. Lecturer Adam Lockyer says, if anything, Obama's re-election made it more likely America will undertake massive, potentionally recessionary, budget cuts — if only temporarily. Read article
Obama rules divided house
7 November 2012
Sky Business The Perrett Report
Obama may have cruised to a fairly comfortable victory in the end, but still rules a house divided, with the two houses of Congress controlled by different parties. Professor of legal policy David Weisbrot discusses the implications for the next four years and the impending 'fiscal cliff'. Watch Online
US economy what matters most to Australia
7 November 2012
AAP
Barack Obama's re-election as US president is good news for Australia but America's economic recovery is even more important. Doug Conway spoke to Centre academics Michael Oondatje, Bates Gill, Adam Lockyer and David Weisbrot about the effects of the election on the alliance. Read more
Eyes move to fiscal cliff after Obama win
7 November 2012
Sky Business
Even as Barack Obama seals his victory in the key swing states, the market is already looking ahead to the looming fiscal cliff and how the re-elected President might deal with the potentially devastating cuts. Lecturer Adam Lockyer gives his analysis on what's to come. Watch Online
Lemming race on tax
7 November 2012
The Canberra Times
It hasn't been mentioned much in this election, but one of the most pressing issues faving the American economy is the fiscal cliff, says lecturer in US politics and foreign policy Adam Lockyer. How it's resolved will depend on the result of today's election. Read article
What lies beyond election day?
5 November 2012
ABC TV The Business
Whoever wins the election, America has some stark economic choices to make, starting with how to manage to so called 'fiscal cliff' of budget cuts and tax increases due in 2013. Dean of the University of Sydney Business School and Professor of Politics at the Centre Geoffrey Garrett discuss the prospects for the US economy after election day. Watch Online
American innovation, inspiration will triumph
29 October 2012
Australian Financial Review
With fears that the American dream is disintegrating and wrenching negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" set to take place soon after the presidential election is over, the American economic situation looks glum. Dean at the Business School and US Studies Centre professor Geoffrey Garrett argues that the US still has the ingredients necessary for success. Read article
US approaches the 'fiscal cliff'
25 October 2012
China Radio International
The so-called 'fiscal cliff', the automatic spending cuts and tax increases to take place unless a new deal on budget reduction is reached before 2013, will be agenda item number one for the new president. Lecturer Adam Lockyer joins a panel of experts to discuss the impending issue and it's potential effects. Listen Online
It's not about "cranks," it's about tax rises and high spending
2 October 2012
The Age
Australian treasurer Wayne Swan recently declared the biggest threat to the US economy to be "the cranks and crazies that have taken over a part of the Republican Party." Research associate Tom Switzer says the Treasurer's foray into American politics proves one thing — he doesn't understand the US economic debate. Read article
Australian minister warns of Republican 'crazies'
21 September 2012
Associated Press
Australia's deputy prime minister Wayne Swan warned Friday that the greatest threat to the U.S. economy are the "cranks and crazies" in the Republican Party. Lecturer Adam Lockyer says Swan's speech was "a clumsy political move" that left him open to attack from his political enemies. Read more
Is the US set to jump off a fiscal cliff?
19 September 2012
The Conversation
Election day is the big event on the political calender, but associate professor Brendon O'Connor and research assistant Lindsay Gumley say January 2, 2013, is more significant in policy terms. That's the day the US is set to fall off "the fiscal cliff" — unless the president can work with Congress to come up with a solution. Read article
