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Beware free riders in these uncharted waters

That no one even remembers the Coalition’s debt truck shows how the pre-COVID-19 economic rule book no longer applies. But we need to be wary of free riders and the free lunch brigade.

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The impact of COVID-19 on the economy and economic policy is staggering.

We entered 2020 with a robust economy, a federal budget near balance, strong employment growth and low unemployment.

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Andrew Mohl was a senior economist at the RBA and group chief economist at ANZ Bank, before becoming CEO of AMP and an independent non-executive director of Commonwealth Bank.

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