tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post573688787304832172..comments2023-10-31T00:46:35.316+13:00Comments on Anti-Dismal: The usefulness of Budget statementsPaul Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-5909194011374391622008-02-12T07:55:00.000+13:002008-02-12T07:55:00.000+13:00Mildly amusing that Helengrad can't stick to a fiv...Mildly amusing that Helengrad can't stick to a five-year plan...Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-55814349452193293062008-02-11T21:55:00.000+13:002008-02-11T21:55:00.000+13:00Paul, On "closing the gaps", perhaps Labour were h...Paul, <BR/><BR/>On "closing the gaps", perhaps Labour were hoping that somehow New Zealand could achieve inequality reduction and growth at the same time (ie, the poor grow faster than the rich). Not impossible in theory, I doubt if any country has achieved those twin goals though. <BR/><BR/>What about the "knowledge economy"? Was it conflicting with another goal? In an earlier article (http://www.nzbr.org.nz/documents/articles/071130goodinstitutions.htm), Roger Kerr pointed out that it was funny for someone who has been promoting the knowledge economy to be saying that Australia's prosperity has a lot to do with its gas and coal endowments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-55773883683190658092008-02-11T14:58:00.000+13:002008-02-11T14:58:00.000+13:00But surely there is at least one journalist out th...But surely there is at least one journalist out there who can do it, even if not with the same ease as Roger.Paul Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-20800471175713088032008-02-11T14:53:00.000+13:002008-02-11T14:53:00.000+13:00"Given the ease with which Roger Kerr seems to be ..."Given the ease with which Roger Kerr seems to be able to find such inconsistencies I wonder why journalists have not been raising this issue."<BR/><BR/>What assumption are you making Walkie?? That Roger Kerr can do something with ease doesn't mean that others would find it easy too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com