With that election thing finally out of our hair, we can focus on the fact that things aren’t looking good out there. Krugman puts up a nice illustration of how this really is the fault of the Euro. (It would help if creditors and debtors just accepted that they need to take a bit of …
Category Archive: NZ Election 2011
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Nov 25 2011
If New Zealand was like this all the time …
It would be completely unlivable. Seriously, it feels like 90% of people out there support a party – and determine whether a policy is “good” or “bad” solely on the basis that it is their party doing it. Is this election really any different to watching your local sports derby? I mean, for the love …
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Nov 18 2011
A minimum income can replace a minimum wage
That is the suggestion here from Gareth Morgan. I agree of course, I have said the same thing here before – both when raising what my policy platform would be and discussing the minimum wage more recently. It is fine to disagree with this and say “only people who are part of the labour market …
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Nov 11 2011
Why the minimum wage trade-off is important for the left and right
When it comes to conclusions about the broad labour market that are accepted world wide, the idea that a higher minimum wage leads to lower levels of total employment is one of the most accepted. That is why it was interesting to see Patrick Gower suggest that Treasury didn’t believe this was the case – …
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Nov 11 2011
A point on capital/capital gains taxes
There are two big themes I’m hearing from people this election: We need some types of tax, to make people we think should be paying tax pay more tax – lets do this with a capital/capital gains tax We need to save more as a nation. FYI, taking capital gains implies reducing the rate of …
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Nov 10 2011
A fair price for asset sales
Matt has posted about asset sales and believes that they’re a good idea as long as the government gets a fair price. He seems to be saying that the government’s decision to sell assets should be the same as a private company’s. Only the government isn’t a private company, so the costs and benefits to …
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