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

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Vital Signs: policies come and policies go, but surely we shouldn't be subsidising inheritancesIt's one thing to oppose a tax on inheritances. It's quite another to subsidise inheritances.Shutterstock

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