Kiwiblog brings up some great points about the importance of this years budget. It turns out that the head of Treasury stated that this was the most important budget since 1984. Wow. So he’s saying that this is more important than the “mother of all budgets“. When National came to power in the early 1990′s …
Category Archive: Government Policy
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May 07 2009
How dare they compete!
Another article on alcohol retailing provides this “beautiful” quote (FYI this follows on from a previous post): The end of loss-leading was welcomed by Glengarry product manager Liz Wheaden, who said the practice had the potential to lower customer expectations at the same time as it “destroys” brands. Loss-leading made customers come to expect to …
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May 06 2009
Why are they making my beer more expensive?
Pressure from parliament has led to supermarkets finding a way to collude and increase prices for alcohol sales. That is what I read from this article in the Herald. Of course it is being framed this way so that it sounds like a winner: The two big supermarket chains say they have stopped selling alcohol …
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May 06 2009
Dom post article: Beware those bearing gifts of productivity
Article is here. Discussion on Rates Blog is here. Money quote: Both political parties are unwilling to face that, with respect to government policies, there is a fundamental trade-off between some social values (fairness, justice, etc) and the level of productive activity. This trade-off is one of the primary reasons for the existence of government …
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Apr 27 2009
Weight and global warming
While searching for articles about fat taxes I came across this piece about fat and global warming: Overweight people eat more than thin people and are more likely to travel by car, making excess body weight doubly bad for the environment, according to a study from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. They …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/04/27/weight-and-global-warming/
Apr 27 2009
Alcohol regulation: economists would do it better
The NZ Law Commission is on the way to cutting back on the availability of alcohol. Their justification is twofold: The contribution that excessive use of alcohol led to law and order problems in the country. The serious health and injury effects from alcohol consumption, as well as a list of other social harms. And …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/04/27/alcohol-regulation-economists-would-do-it-better/
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