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Economics isn't ideology-free and it's misleading to suggest it is

  • Written by Graham White, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently commented that when it comes to Australia’s energy supply:

“policymakers have put ideology and politics ahead of engineering and economics”.

It’s not uncommon for a...

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