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Justin Wolfers’ doomsday scenarios about tech monopolies owning ‘all of GDP’ ignore how markets adapt.

Australia’s high tobacco taxes have created a massive price wedge fuelling a thriving black market, yet its new tobacco and vape tsar doesn’t see a problem.

Treasury’s modelling of Australia’s Net Zero Transformation looks to have been highly politicised and should be discounted accordingly.

Australia’s new 62-70% emissions reduction target exemplifies the triumph of political theatre over economic efficiency.

Australia’s new biofuel grants risk repeating international mistakes where subsidies created rent-seeking industries with questionable environmental benefits and higher food prices.