Many argue that economic reform is impossible in contemporary Australia. While this is an overstatement, there is no doubt that successive federal governments have struggled on this front. Why this record of failure? A variety of theories have been offered, but most overlook a fundamental point. We have witnessed, on a number of occasions, failures of political advocacy.
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David Pearl is a Treasury economist on secondment in the private sector. Views are entirely his own
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