Paul Krugman: Australia can weather a Chinese economic downturn
by Greg Jericho from Economics | The Guardian on (#KCSN)
In an interview with Guardian Australia, the Nobel prize-winning economist expresses scepticism about the China free trade agreement and a GST increase
Australia is resilient enough to weather the weakening of the Chinese economy, the Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has said, but he poured cold water on the benefits of the free trade agreement between the two countries.
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