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Tony Shepherd

Our one-trick pony economy can’t keep behaving like this

Population, employment, and government spending are growing faster than the economy can absorb. It is the spending that has to give for a while.

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The unedifying and unfair attacks on the Reserve Bank of Australia and its outstanding governor, Michele Bullock, have gone too far.

It appears the basics of economics developed and proven over centuries are being trashed or ignored. I can understand the concerns of governments regarding the impact of continuing inflation and interest rates on those who can least afford it. However, they must resist the temptation of temporary palliatives which only exacerbate and prolong the situation.

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Tony Shepherd is a businessman and former president of the Business Council of Australia.

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