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Don’t wait for the budget: it’s not the problem

From the Ivory Tower: what the government spends money on has become a smokescreen.

Back in 2014, when the National Party was in power, an informal group of academic advisers was created by the minister of finance to give a non-political view on policies; I was invited to join. One issue ended up leaving a strong impression. Namely that, unlike many other nations, budgetary issues

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Robert MacCulloch Tue, 18 May 2021
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