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With conventional wisdom, answers to our economic malaise are in short supply

  • Written by Graham White, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
imageAustralian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg discusses Australia's national accounts at a press conference on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.

What comes first: the chicken or the egg?

Economists ask a slightly different question regarding economic growth (usually measured as growth in gross domestic product). Does supply or demand come first?

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