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In Economics It's the Long Run that Matters
Friday, 23 May 2008, 10:01 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“In the long run”, economist John Maynard Keynes said, “we are all dead.” To which the best reply is, “Yes, but some of us have children.” Keynes was cynically dismissing the long-term consequences of economic policy decisions. He brought a ... More >>
Budget Reveals Weak Growth Outlook, Low Tax Cuts
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The absence of any mention in the 2008 budget of the government’s former “top priority” goal of raising New Zealanders’ incomes to the top half of the OECD range suggests that it has thrown in the towel”, Roger Kerr, executive director ... More >>
Climate Change Policy is Becoming a Shambles
Friday, 9 May 2008, 10:05 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
This week the wheels fell off the government’s climate change juggernaut – yet again. No end is in sight to this sorry saga of grandiose plans foundering on practical realities. More >>
Privatisation: NZ Swimming Against the Tide
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
With the National Party’s decision not to move any state-owned enterprises to the private sector in its first term if elected this year, we appear to have a new political consensus between the major parties in New Zealand: privatisation is bad. More >>
Average NZer Spends Third of Year Working for Govt
Thursday, 1 May 2008, 10:57 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“Tax Freedom Day this year is 29 April, as far as the central government tax burden is concerned”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Commission Should Focus on Role of Ak Local Govt
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The starting point for the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance should not be to decide whether Auckland should be divided into one or several cities, but rather to determine what the proper functions of local government in the region are, according ... More >>
Income Gap with Australia Expected to Widen
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“Although wages in Australia are already some 30 percent higher than in New Zealand, a comparison of productivity growth trends in the two countries suggests that the income gap between them will increase even further under present policies”, Roger ... More >>
Hong Kong: The Benefits of Economic Freedom
Friday, 11 April 2008, 12:02 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The attached article appeared in the Otago Daily Times today, 11 April 2008. Hong Kong: The Benefits of Economic Freedom More >>
Inflation aplenty already in the pipeline
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Do the many people who interact in financial markets to determine interest rates, look at the rear vision mirror, through side windows or out the front? Experience and economic theory teach us that financial markets are dominated by expectations, ... More >>
Business Roundtable Welcomes China FTA
Monday, 7 April 2008, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The free trade agreement with China is a major achievement and the government and its officials are to be congratulated on their success in bringing it about”, Rob McLeod, chairman of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Budget Tax Package Should Focus on Economic Growth
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The forthcoming budget will announce significant personal income tax reductions. Not all tax cuts are created equal. What form should the tax package take? More >>
Proceed With Great Care: Emissions Trading
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 10:09 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The government’s climate change strategy has momentous consequences for the economy and the welfare of New Zealanders, and needs to be subjected to much more thorough analysis and scrutiny, according to a New Zealand Business Roundtable submission ... More >>
Treasury Report Opposes Thermal Ban
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 12:46 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Treasury Report Opposes Thermal Ban, but its Definition of Carbon Neutrality Makes a Farce of Government’s Emissions Reduction Goals More >>
Saving the Planet Must Not Cost the Earth
Friday, 28 March 2008, 11:20 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Shortly a select committee of parliament will begin hearings on the bill to implement an emissions trading scheme (ETS). More >>
Regulatory Responsibility Process Constructive
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr today commended Parliament’s Commerce Committee for its constructive approach to exploring options for a Regulatory Responsibility Bill. The Business Roundtable presented a further submission (copy ... More >>
The Perils of Populism By Roger Kerr
Friday, 14 March 2008, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
He claimed to be on the side of “the ordinary bloke”. Economic historian Gary Hawke described him as “an inveterate meddler, an overconfident, self-proclaimed economic manager with a demagogic streak.” More >>
Dismal Productivity Figures: We Could Do Better
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The latest productivity figures for the measured sector of the economy released today by Statistics New Zealand paint a dismal picture”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable said today. More >>
Business Roundtable Vice-Chair
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 11:44 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Business Roundtable chairman Rob McLeod today announced the appointment of Nick Calavrias as a new vice-chair of the organisation. He joins current vice-chairs Bill Day and Bill Gallagher. More >>
Roundtable Submission On Budget Policy Statement
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
This submission on the Budget Policy Statement 2008 (BPS) is made by the New Zealand Business Roundtable, an organisation comprising primarily chief executives of major New Zealand business firms. The purpose of the organisation is to contribute ... More >>
Economic Freedom: New Zealand Losing Ground
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:26 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Economies with higher levels of economic freedom enjoy higher living standards. This insight in economics goes back at least to Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, which argued that basic institutions that protect the freedom of individuals to pursue ... More >>
