NZ’s Barriers to Economic Growth: Short-term Thinking, Political Concentration and Policy Flip-flops - Nicholls, Kate (The Conversation, 2025)
Economic growth took centre stage during Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s recent State of the Nation speech. Yet in amongst the discussion and criticism of the government’s plans, many have got locked into a one-dimensional debate centred on reducing regulation to encourage economic growth. This ignores a deeper discussion on the actual sources of New Zealand’s economic growth in the 21st century and, potentially, what we need to do to shift from one model of growth to another.