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Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marks

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Great approach, weak execution. Economists decline to give budget top marksWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Despite overwhelmingly endorsing the general stance of the 2021 budget, only a few of the 56 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation are prepared to give it top marks.

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