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Why economist Richard Holden is wrong on energy

Here is our response to Richard Holden’s common misrepresentations and distortions of our carbon solutions levy proposal.

Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims

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Richard Holden’s attack in this newspaper two days ago on our clean energy superpower proposals to the National Press Club delivers a benefit.

It collects in one place many of the common misrepresentations and distortions of our proposals, allowing us to respond to them in one article.

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Ross Garnaut is emeritus professor of economics at University of Melbourne. His new book Let’s Tax Carbon and Other Ideas for a Better Australia is published by Black Inc with La Trobe University Press.
Rod Sims is a professor of public policy at the ANU. From 2011 to 2022 he was chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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