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Flat White

Australia: governed by kids that always get what they want

20 February 2022

2:00 PM

20 February 2022

2:00 PM

The kids are in charge. They just look older these days.

The Reserve Bank thinks it can produce full employment by manipulating demand via monetary policy. It ignores the unintended consequences of trying to run the economy at full speed. A bump in the road and you hit a tree called inflation and lose control of the car.

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