This contrarian economist and superannuation sceptic supports a Future Made in Australia (for now)
Cameron Murray is increasingly known for opposing the mainstream on key economic issues - ranging from superannuation, to nuclear, and now the government's embrace of industry policy.
There's no shortage of economists bashing the Albanese government’s flagship Future Made in Australia plan. But fiercely independent economist Cameron Murray isn’t one of them.
“It’s not a silly thing to do,” Murray says, when asked about the joint $940 million spending plans from the federal and Queensland government on a single quantum computing firm, PsiQuantum.
“$1 billion for Australia is a very, very small amount of money for something like this,” Murray tells Capital Brief, as part of an interview about his career and economic thinking.
“It is worth the risk, at times, to support the infant industry argument in economics, to support our capabilities taking another step.”
