--- title: "The Australia Institute: \"Everyone knows government spending causes inflation. Right?…\" | Politics Computer" description: "Everyone knows government spending causes inflation. Right?\n\nNot according to Richard Denniss.\n\nIn this episode of What's the Point?, Richard unpacks" url: "https://politics.computer/ad/2c95b19c5978f5da5f616dff34b12b82962cd83cfa975413d7e396be4004fb00" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Ads](https://politics.computer/ads) / [The Australia Institute](https://politics.computer/who/the-australia-institute) **The Australia Institute** Sponsored, paid for by The Australia Institute Everyone knows government spending causes inflation. Right? Not according to Richard Denniss. 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