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Stimulating times in Australia
Geoff Riley
26th May 2009
Some say that fiscal stimulus packages work best when they are timely, targeted and temporary. So how well does the Australian tax handout scheme work using these criteria? This BBC online article considers a scheme worth over £440 to the average recipient - a bid to boost demand in an economy suffering badly from the collapse in the mining industry.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.