Michael Plank, University of Canterbury; Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland, and Siouxsie Wiles, University of …
Read More »BUDGET 2013 COMMENT – Overly conservative, with a good deal of risk
Bill English has been too conservative in reigning in government expenditure. If he were confronting a bleaker fiscal picture, like the Australian government, I predict he would have done better. Total government spending in New Zealand is down by $1.4 billion on last year. In Australia total taxes to GDP is 22 percent compared with central government taxation of 32 …
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