tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post4761964587058273625..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: The lucky countryEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-85947379090262945032011-12-11T20:58:04.636+13:002011-12-11T20:58:04.636+13:00Yep - Australia's doing OK as a Chinese mining...Yep - Australia's doing OK <b>as a Chinese mining colony</b><br /><br />The miners (and the Chinese) would be doing rather better without paying for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide - not to mention Canberra - and the 21 Million Aussies who have nothing to do with mining.Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-23735761728311016442011-12-11T15:57:16.039+13:002011-12-11T15:57:16.039+13:00oh my God, New Zealand is OK says Eric, Where you ...oh my God, New Zealand is OK says Eric, Where you get your degree in economic Eric, we have the weakest dollar in the second world, and heading southpeterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-88750848345939058032011-12-11T11:14:12.233+13:002011-12-11T11:14:12.233+13:00I can't see why resource royalties are in any ...I can't see why resource royalties are in any way inconsistent with libertarianism, so long as the initial property rights in the resources were either encumbered or resided with the state. <br /><br />Further, assets in private ownership, whether Maori, Pakeha or otherwise, ought be preferable to state ownership, no?Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-60511121068971514322011-12-11T09:54:46.623+13:002011-12-11T09:54:46.623+13:00Yes, Eric..... but surely a Libertarianz governmen...Yes, Eric..... but surely a Libertarianz government would scrap any notion of the state owning any resource royalties, wouldn't it? So where would Australia be now without this income stream?<br /><br />And where will New Zealand be when the National Socialists have gifted most of our own resouces to the maoris, along with huge swathes of our state-owned assets?Dave Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264331694328629975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-9204232219316127652011-12-10T20:54:51.377+13:002011-12-10T20:54:51.377+13:00I am generally loathe to make predictions but one ...I am generally loathe to make predictions but one prediction that I will make is that we will never 'catch' Australia while we have MMP. There are a few caveats to this of course. In particular if Australis adopts MMP then all bets are off!boutagynoreply@blogger.com