Andrew Charlton dazed and confused on Costello’s budget legacy

Tuesday 22 February 2022

In 2007, former Labor adviser turned Co-Director of the e61 Institute for Economic Research, Andrew Charlton, published a book entitled Ozonomics: Inside the myth of Australia’s economic superheroes:

This book went to great lengths to discredit the view that the Howard-Costello Government was a sound economic and fiscal manager:

Charlton also penned a detailed report in The Monthly debunking “the economic myths of Peter Costello”.

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.