I have seen Bernard Hickey discuss the Budget. I am sure more will come. I will write tonight, and other authors will pop things up today – I can’t do any sooner as I am out of the office. It looks like it was a substantial change to tax rates – most of which were …
Monthly Archive: May 2010
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May
20
2010
NZ Libertarian party alternate budget
The Libertarian party is the next group to release an alternate budget for Budget 2010 with further discussion here. I am glad to see more people doing alternative budgets, but as always I have some concerns: It is subject to the same criticisms as Sir Roger’s budget – namely the trade-off between equity and efficiency …
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May
20
2010
Gambling at the TAB, monopolies and innovation
I like to place the odd sports bet. In New Zealand I have no official option but to do this through the TAB, which is a state-sanctioned monopoly. In other countries there are often many competing institutions offering odds on various events, including sports. In fact, there are now many companies that operate across borders …
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May
20
2010
GST rise “helping the poor”
Hone said that the increase in GST will hurt the poor. His justification is: GST hits poor people the hardest because nearly all of their money is spent on things that you pay GST on – food, petrol, electricity – so any increase is going to really hurt them Interesting. I was under the impression …
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May
19
2010
Sir Roger’s alternative budget
Notice that I just stole the title from Kiwiblog – as it was really the best title in my opinion This is the first set of policies for the Budget, so it is the first post for our “Budget 2010” series. Kiwiblog has a great rundown, I’ve only got a few points to add: Yes …
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May
19
2010
Motivating effort through flagellation
Following yesterdays brainstorm on compulsory work, another post on NZ catching Australia has inspired a policy prescription. State funded flagellation agents for firms. Government has set a prosperity target, to match Australia’s GDP per capita by 2025. Efforts to increase the availability of capital for productive firms and to innovate more effectively are important steps …
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