Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 15, 2024 7:39:47 GMT 12
Professor Robert MacCulloch: THERE IS NO PĀKEHĀ GDP, NOR MĀORI GDP.
I've been thinking - ever since the Leader of Te Pāti Māori said that the new National-ACT-NZ First Coalition wrote a Pākehā Budget for the Pākehā Economy. It's a great line. But does it make sense? Do we have two economies - a Māori one and a Pākehā one, each with its own Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? I am going to argue neither exist. What's more, Wellington has wasted millions of tax-payers dollars calculating incorrect GDP figures for the Māori & Pākehā economy.
The term, "Māori Economy", is sometimes traced back to a report published in 2012 by the Bureau of Economic Research Ltd (BERL), a Wellington consulting firm run by Ganesh Nana, the redundant former head of the defunct Productivity Commission. It has now been adopted right throughout government......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/06/professor-robert-macculloch-there-is-no.html
I've been thinking - ever since the Leader of Te Pāti Māori said that the new National-ACT-NZ First Coalition wrote a Pākehā Budget for the Pākehā Economy. It's a great line. But does it make sense? Do we have two economies - a Māori one and a Pākehā one, each with its own Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? I am going to argue neither exist. What's more, Wellington has wasted millions of tax-payers dollars calculating incorrect GDP figures for the Māori & Pākehā economy.
The term, "Māori Economy", is sometimes traced back to a report published in 2012 by the Bureau of Economic Research Ltd (BERL), a Wellington consulting firm run by Ganesh Nana, the redundant former head of the defunct Productivity Commission. It has now been adopted right throughout government......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/06/professor-robert-macculloch-there-is-no.html