Remember the heyday of Keynsian economics

By Alex Millmow
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:16pm, first published May 29 2015 - 8:18pm

We are about to leave the month of May without two economic milestones being given a bow of recognition. No not the federal budget but the policy to give every Australian the right to a job. The other was the most comprehensive report ever undertaken on the Australian economy which was both skewered and shelved by Bob Menzies.

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