Dr Norman and the bogus manufacturing figures revisited
Any future finance minister who argues – as both David Parker and Russel Norman do – that New Zealand's food processing sector is somehow not valid is operating with an extraordinary degree of ideological blindness.
Rob Hosking
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Well, it seems we have an explanation for where Green Party co-leader got his “40,000 jobs lost in manufacturing” claim.
It is not a good explanation, but at least it is one.
The claim, made in a press release after the release of the latest manufacturing data on Monday, caused no little
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Rob Hosking
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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