Frydenberg’s budget looks toward zero net debt, but should this be our aim?
- Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
It's a bit of a mystery how the government has made net debt disappear, but there are clues.
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NCIn his budget speech tonight Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced that under a Coalition government we will see a decade of surpluses that will “continue to build toward 1% of GDP within a decade”.
He went...
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