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No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia's 'asset recycling' misdirection

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia's 'asset recycling' misdirectionAsset recycling is a shell game, a way to get around government accounting rules.Shutterstock

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