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Edwards on Politics
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Business should take more responsibility for NZ’s low productivity

ANALYSIS: Flexible employment laws of the past 30 years have done little to lift productivity rates.

Brent Edwards Thu, 21 Apr 2022

As inflation continues to spike, it underlines the reality for many that New Zealand is a low-wage, high-cost economy.

If people are paying higher prices for their goods and services but still low paid by international standards, who is making the money?

The situation will underpin the

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