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http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/12/15/film-incentives-are-trade-protectionism/ The Visible Hand in Economics Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:13:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/12/15/film-incentives-are-trade-protectionism/#comment-22465 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:13:31 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=4558#comment-22465 I don’t see any upside to films being made here if the films had to be subsidized to do it. How about the production companies cut back like the rest of the world has? We have celebrities putting in their two cents to nearly every political question these days. Why do we care? As if the idea that they make 20 million for making a movie makes them some kind of an oracle about life. If it weren’t for some big break most of these folks would be waiters or waitresses and nobody would care. Come to think of it, I would be alright if no movies were made at all for a year. I could do without them just fine.

]]> http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/12/15/film-incentives-are-trade-protectionism/#comment-22295 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:44:26 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=4558#comment-22295 Normally I would agree not to subsidise industries, that both countries are worse off. However there are additional benefits to films being produced here. Such as tourism. No doubt NZ has seen a significant boost because of lord of the rings. Because film makers don’t recieve the benefit of additional tourism, it is in the tourism industry’s interest to subsidise film makers. In this case it is facilitated by government.

]]> http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/12/15/film-incentives-are-trade-protectionism/#comment-22282 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:17:31 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=4558#comment-22282 Yes it is not a very attractive situation to anyone but the movie producers. There does need to be some types of regulations preventing this back and forth competition.

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