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Business investment is weak, but an unfunded company tax cut won't fix it

  • Written by Jim Minifie, Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute

Eight years after the global financial crisis (GFC), economic growth remains weak in many rich nations. Australia has been an exception to the malaise, but growth has slowed as the mining boom winds down.

Business investment is vital to economic growth and to lifting living standards, but a new Grattan report explores why Australian business...

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