(From guest author Sean)
So asks The Age’s Environment editor, Tom Arup.
To which the answer is clearly Tony Abbott.
Ken Henry, Bernie Fraser and Ross Garnaut are lions of Australian economics. They carry more intellectual and institutional weight then most of us mere mortals put together.
Bernie Fraser was the worst RBA governor in history, pushing up interest rates to extreme levels. Ken Henry the worst Treasury secretary, not understanding opportunity cost and squandering tens of billions of taxpayers’ money. And I agree with Paul Keating’s assessment of Ross Garnaut.
Mildly intelligent these three, but certainly no intellectuals. Each afflicted with hubris and each having appalling judgement.
Tony Abbott owns these three.