Should We Do Away With Blanket Subsidies?

Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, Center for Market Education

Evening Edition · Inside Story · 2 Mar 2023 · 1 hour 1 mins listen

The government has argued that blanket subsidies are not helping the right people. So we look into this, and whether tiered subsidies for petrol might work and what that would look like.

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Produced by:

Natasha Fusil,Kelly Anissa

Presented by:

Lee Chwi Lynn,Sharmilla Ganesan

Categories:

economy,government,politics

Tags:

subsidies,t20,fuel subsidies,targeted subsidies,petrol,cost of living

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Should We Do Away With Blanket Subsidies?

Should We Do Away With Blanket Subsidies?