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Showing posts with label NZ's productivity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NZ's productivity. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2026

Alwyn Poole: Just How Bad NZ’s Productivity is!


Last week I posted on how problematic the size of NZ government is.

Duncan Garner picked up on it here – and also interviewed David Seymour on it. Seymour seemed unusually tepid on bringing about smaller government – even going with the “at least we are not Labour” type statement.

I mentioned that the Public Sector is “crowding-out” the Private Sector and making genuine economic growth extremenely difficult. Treasury notes this: