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Productivity essential but dumped in favour of 'wellbeing' fad

Wellbeing policies say little or nothing about the nation’s economic capacity to achieve higher living standards.

Kerry McDonald
Sat, 09 Mar 2019

Last year I outlined the pervasive failure of the country’s political leadership over recent decades to deliver good policies and outcomes for New Zealanders (“Paradise lost! Two decades of shocking failure in political leadership,” NBR, Aug 3, 2018)

Moreover: “When the economic engine

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Kerry McDonald
Sat, 09 Mar 2019
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