David Ingles David Ingles is a part-time research fellow at the Australia Institute. He has worked for several Commonwealth departments, including Social Security, EPAC and FACSIA and as a policy adviser to Ministers Grimes (Social Security) and Willis (Employment and Industrial Relations) in the Hawke Government. His specialty is public finance. He has a degree in Economics (Sydney University 1975), a Master of Economics (Sydney University 1981) and a PhD in Public Policy (ANU 2001).
DAVID INGLES , JOSH FEAR | MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013 The existing superannuation system is built on a contradictory notion of the way people make financial decisions. On the one hand, the concept of compulsory superannuation suggests that Australians are myopic, irrational and have to be forced to save. ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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