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Alison Pennington
Alison Pennington is chief economist at the McKell Institute.
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Increasing rates is such a blunt instrument. There are other, better ways to target inflation
If the RBA unleashes further painful interest rate rises, we risk severely hurting the economy and plunging into recession without reducing inflation at all.
- Alison Pennington
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- Opinion
- Australian economy
Why would you work hard? All some kids have to do is sit and wait
The economic and social effects of massive wealth transfers between generations are not being taken seriously.
- Alison Pennington
- Opinion
- Jobs summit
Employees, not business, are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth
Profits have never been higher and the share of the economic pie paid to workers has never been lower.
- Josh Bornstein and Alison Pennington