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Pragmatic analysis says maybe we should, but we should also consider nationalisation. We should certainly consider better regulation.
The pressure to globalise is consolidating towards a global world in which the US is a marginal player.
We should follow the Golden Rule of Fiscal Management and not borrow for consumption in the medium run.
Queen Elizabeth II famously asked about the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, ‘Why did no one see it coming?’
This review of ‘Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger’ by David Cohen was first published in the ‘NZ International Review’ .
Our current fiscal settings promise that we will eventually face a public debt explosion. A major cause would arise from the aging population. Is there anything we can do?
With the passing of Jim Bolger, New Zealand has lost a politician defined by another era, but who helped usher in the modern age of coalitions and managers. A politician who was never popular but who has become increasingly admired
New Zealand has ‘Scandinavian ambitions in terms of quality of life, but a US attitude to tax’: Lara Clark.
The tensions between different approaches to the economy are surfacing as the election nears.