Virtue signalling won’t solve Australia’s housing crisis

Thursday 1 June 2023

I like Greg Jericho from The Guardian and The Australia Institute.

I agree with his position on most issues. But one area where we vehemently disagree is immigration.

Jericho almost never mentions the negative impacts of high immigration on the economy. And when he does mention immigration, it is usually to besmirch opponents to high immigration as racist or dog whistling.

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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.