Richard Denniss: The Truth is Out There - Decoding econobabble to make room for good ideas

Published: May 29, 2017, 5:10 a.m.

b'"When nonsense is repeated often enough \\u2013 especially by well-paid lobbyists, commentators and businesspeople \\u2013 it can start to seem as though everyone believes that black is white, or up is down," Richard Denniss writes. "After enough exposure to econobabble, you might even come to think that the best way to help poor people is to give tax cuts to the rich." Richard\'s having none of it. His mission in life is to bust the myths peddled by people using mangled economic language to conceal the truth. There\'s never been a better time to learn how to speak econobabble. Richard Denniss has the phrasebook.'