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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
From the Ivory Tower
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Wellington hates economists (free enterprise will suffer)

OPINION: Are economists' views now ideologically unacceptable to Kiwi politicians and bureaucrats?

Robert MacCulloch Thu, 24 Mar 2022

A new style of bureaucrat is being promoted in our capital city. The profile is someone who has ‘broad experience’, a person with life skills. Expert knowledge is not appreciated any longer. Take, for example, the New Zealand Treasury. It wants to hire economists who’ve never studied

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