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policies come and policies go, but surely we shouldn't be subsidising inheritances

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
imageIt's one thing to oppose a tax on inheritances. It's quite another to subsidise inheritances.Shutterstock

There’s an election on. Half a million of us have already voted. There’s just two weeks to go.

With that comes more intense scrutiny of different policies (which is good) and disingenuous claims by those with vested interests (which...

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