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Across the Tasman: Australia Rising
Friday, 4 May 2007, 12:09 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
In a speech last week to the Queensland Media Club, Australian prime minister John Howard described the sort of world Australians would be living in a decade from now, and his vision of “an Australia rising to new heights” to meet its challenges. More >>
Curb Spending and Get Productivity Up
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 12:22 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“A select committee inquiry into pressures on inflation and the export sector will be a waste of time if its focus is to be on monetary policy”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Still Plenty of Scope to Get People into Work
Monday, 30 April 2007, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
There is confusion about why the economy did well from the early 1990s; why the outlook is now poorer; and why we could do better not just through higher productivity growth but also by getting more people into the workforce. More >>
Tax Freedom Day is 30 April
Monday, 30 April 2007, 10:54 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Tax Freedom Day this year is 30 April, as far as the central government tax burden is concerned", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
OECD Report Highlights Failed Policies
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 10:33 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The latest OECD report on the New Zealand economy identifies fundamental problems with the government’s current policy settings and some obvious ways of boosting New Zealand’s flagging economic performance”, Roger Kerr, executive director ... More >>
OECD Report Highlights Failed Policies
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 9:47 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The latest OECD report on the New Zealand economy identifies fundamental problems with the government’s current policy settings and some obvious ways of boosting New Zealand’s flagging economic performance”, Roger Kerr, executive director ... More >>
Climate Change Policies Need Better Analysis
Friday, 30 March 2007, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“New Zealand should move cautiously and in line with key trading partners in response to concerns about climate change. It should not proceed with ill-considered actions that could involve large costs for firms and households, seriously damage the New ... More >>
Business and Unions Should Join Forces
Monday, 26 March 2007, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Business and unions share some common aims: a "highly skilled, high wage economy", in the words of Ross Wilson of the Council of Trade Unions in his article Time to Catch up with the Wage Lag in these pages last December. I would add full employment ... More >>
Business, Unions Should Join Forces, Push Growth
Monday, 26 March 2007, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Business and unions share some common aims: a “highly skilled, high wage economy”, in the words of Ross Wilson of the Council of Trade Unions in his article Time to Catch up with the Wage Lag in these pages last December. I would add full employment ... More >>
Roger Kerr: The Lever of Riches
Friday, 23 March 2007, 11:15 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
_The human body has many amazing features that enable us to create wealth. We can labour with our limbs and muscles. We can manipulate objects with our hands. We can use our brains to reason, imagine and invent. And we can use our spirit and individual ... More >>
Ideas for a Free Society
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable today launched the distribution of Ideas for a Free Society, a CD with a collection of texts about individual, social, economic and political freedom. More than 250 copies of the CD have been sent to businesspeople, ... More >>
Labour Productivity Growth Lowest on Record
Friday, 16 March 2007, 12:57 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“Today’s official productivity numbers should be setting off alarm bells in the Beehive”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. “Contrary to the government’s aim of lifting productivity in the ... More >>
It's Getting Better All the Time
Friday, 9 March 2007, 11:01 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
It’s official: never before in human history has humankind had it so good. By every objective measure of human well-being – be it availability and price of food and other basic necessities, access to clean air and water, rates of infant mortality ... More >>
Monetary Policy, Inflation and Capital Markets
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 11:57 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Promoting discussion and public understanding about monetary policy and financial markets is important. A stable currency and the efficient allocation of capital in the economy matter for economic growth and living standards. There is room for fair ... More >>
Budget Policy Falls Short of Govt's Goals
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The projections in the Budget Policy Statement, which go out over 10 years from when the government was first elected in 1999, are clear evidence that its economic policies are not succeeding”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand ... More >>
Budget Policy Statement Falls Short
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The projections in the Budget Policy Statement, which go out over 10 years from when the government was first elected in 1999, are clear evidence that its economic policies are not succeeding”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand ... More >>
Tax Cuts, Inflation, Saving: Confusion Piled High
Monday, 12 February 2007, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Finance minister Michael Cullen argues against significant tax reductions on the grounds that they would be inflationary. In response, some have suggested that tax cuts could be quarantined by channelling them into savings through the KiwiSaver ... More >>
Perspectives No. 83 - On Education
Friday, 2 February 2007, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The following series of articles by Charles Murray were published recently in the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page... More >>
Capital Market Regulation: Less is Better
Monday, 29 January 2007, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
There has been much handwringing about the state of New Zealand’s capital markets. Typical laments have been the paucity of initial public offerings, the delisting of some major companies, and the acquisition of mid-sized firms by foreigners as ... More >>
Stern Review on Climate Change is Bad Economics
Friday, 26 January 2007, 12:37 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The review of the economics of climate change under British civil servant Sir Nicholas Stern, released on 30 October, has created headlines around the world. More >>
