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A dissenting economist on GST: we should charge more on beer and smokes

  • Written by The Conversation
imageRather than expanding or increasing the GST, why not levy more heavily on items that hurt society and charge less on those that don't?Flickr/Michael Coghlan, CC BY

Recently, 49 prominent Australian economists were polled by the Economic Society of Australia on the issue of GST reform.

Each member of the panel was asked whether they agreed with the...

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