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Kerr: Economic Success And How to Get More of It
Monday, 31 October 2005, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
From the point of view of business and the economy (which means, in effect, the living standards of all New Zealanders), there are some promising omens arising out of last month’s general election and the formation of the new government. More >>
Monetary Policy Needs Mates
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The Reserve Bank’s task of containing inflation is being made more difficult by other government policies”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. He was commenting on the increase in the Official Cash Rate ... More >>
Workplace Reform in Australia
Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
A fortnight ago, the Australian government announced the long-awaited details of its workplace relations reforms, although the legislation itself remains under wraps. More >>
Global Warming and Kyoto Becoming Decoupled
Friday, 21 October 2005, 10:58 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
It may turn out that one of the most significant was the statement by British prime minister Tony Blair in New York last month. Blair, a longstanding supporter of the Kyoto treaty, prefaced his remarks by saying he was going to speak with “brutal honesty”, ... More >>
NZBR Perspectives On The Next 3 Years
Friday, 14 October 2005, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
My task at the end of this forum is to offer some general perspectives on national issues in the next three years; to suggest measures that would improve the country's outlook; and to discuss the role of organisations like the Business Roundtable and ... More >>
Ideology And Pragmatism In Public Policy
Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 11:16 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
An exchange at the meeting between representatives of the Green Party and the business community in Wellington a fortnight ago stimulated the reflections in this talk. One of the Greens present described support for free trade as an ‘ideological’ position. More >>
Why the Greens’ Charm Offensive Failed
Friday, 7 October 2005, 11:27 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Last week the Green Party invited representatives of business to a briefing aimed at demonstrating that there was no reason to be frightened about its influence on the new government. More >>
MMP Means Much More Paralysis
Friday, 23 September 2005, 10:46 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Last week Alan Wood, one of Australia’s most respected economic commentators, wrote in The Australian: “Predicting the outcome of New Zealand elections is particularly hazardous because it has the most absurd electoral system of any Western democracy, ... More >>
Getting Better Value for Money in Public Spending
Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Subject: ‘Getting Better Value for Money in Public Spending’ Author: Roger Kerr Date: 13 September 2005 More >>
Some Issues in the Current Tax Debate - Roger Kerr
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
- The ratio of government spending to GDP is the best measure of the overall tax burden, as deficits and surpluses tend to balance out over time and most of what governments spend must be raised in tax. More >>
Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update
Thursday, 18 August 2005, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The two key points that stand out from today's Pre-EFU are that the economy's medium-term growth rate is falling away, not picking up, and that there is ample room for tax reductions", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand ... More >>
National's RMA Package a Step Forward
Monday, 25 July 2005, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The Resource Management Act has been bad for the economy and bad for the environment and National's proposed changes would improve it", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable said today. More >>
Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths-American Reality
Monday, 18 July 2005, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The big world story of the last two decades of the twentieth century was the demise of communism as an economic system and power bloc, and with it the end of the cold war between East and West. More >>
Roger Kerr Op-Ed: Are Tax Cuts Inflationary?
Friday, 15 July 2005, 12:57 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
In arguing against tax cuts, one point that finance minister Michael Cullen asserts is that they would push up prices, and that the Reserve Bank would have to raise interest rates to curb inflation. More >>
Visiting Economist to speak on Globalisation
Monday, 11 July 2005, 11:56 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Tyler Cowen has been described by the Los Angeles Times as "a man who can talk about Haitian voodoo flags, Iranian cinema, Hong Kong cuisine, Abstract Expressionism, Zairian music and Mexican folk art seemingly with equal facility..." More >>
Local Government: Constrained Or Unconstrained?
Monday, 11 July 2005, 12:35 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Roger Kerr Speech - Nelson Tasman Chamber Of Commerce: Local government matters. It is part of our democratic system. As a branch of government, it has coercive powers to tax and regulate. As citizens, we all have a keen interest in seeing that its ... More >>
OECD Report Says New Zealand Could Do Better
Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"This week's OECD report on New Zealand is disappointingly bland but some important messages can be read between the lines", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Australia Steals Another March on New Zealand
Friday, 27 May 2005, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The Australian government has (almost) had the good sense to recognise that mandatory unfair dismissal laws are bad for firms and workers alike”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable said today. More >>
Over-Spending and Over-Taxing Stifling Growth
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The 2005 Budget is a missed opportunity to reduce government spending and taxing that is stifling economic growth, and to use good economic times to set out a forward-looking reform agenda”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, ... More >>
Carbon Tax Anti-Growth
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The carbon tax announced by the government today is a further anti-growth measure", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
