Ideas@ The Centre 5
Vol. 3 No. 5 (March, 2009)-
Just another Muppet Show
| 20 Mar 2009Kermit the Frog famously sang ‘It’s not easy being green.’ Many politicians would agree with him.
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More Stimulating than a Big Bang
| 20 Mar 2009
It’s not rocket science. If you tax employment you can expect to get less of it—especially when unemployment is high.
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Housing finance hardly an effective indicator of fiscal policy success
| 20 Mar 2009The recent surge in housing finance commitments has been cited as evidence for the effectiveness of the government’s fiscal stimulus measures, in particular, the increase in the grant to first home buyers from 14 October last year.
