tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post6683103243630095654..comments2024-03-18T15:42:43.140+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Trans-TasmanEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-12212017545010486032012-01-30T21:37:01.740+13:002012-01-30T21:37:01.740+13:00It would be awfully hard to conclude that the NZ l...It would be awfully hard to conclude that the NZ labour market is more regulated than the Australian one. It's not as clean as it was under ECA, but it's worse elsewhere.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-16361754031986617092012-01-30T20:41:38.161+13:002012-01-30T20:41:38.161+13:00the claim that the labour market in NZ is better i...the claim that the labour market in NZ is better is laughable. It is quite restricted in NZ too. Trade freedom is so-so also.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-66584186547431063422012-01-25T10:07:19.254+13:002012-01-25T10:07:19.254+13:00It's the combination: our better labour and tr...It's the combination: our better labour and trade freedom ought to have washed out our larger size of government. <br /><br />And the "nanny state" stuff has never sat well in measures of economic freedom - I don't think it's counted at all in either measure. It's more an issue of personal freedoms (though I can't help but see the two as inexorably linked).Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-26899110039082736542012-01-25T09:50:54.036+13:002012-01-25T09:50:54.036+13:00Agreed. I had assumed it was solely on the basis ...Agreed. I had assumed it was solely on the basis of size of government - but if it was driven by labour market regulation and trade freedom it makes little sense.<br /><br />Potentially they viewed Fonterra in an unfavourable light, and decided that this was akin to greater trade protectionism then the blatant trade protectionism that occurs all through Australia.<br /><br />Also, parts of Australia do things like directly regulation the maximum calorie size of meals - how can we say that such a country is relatively more economically free then New Zealand??Matt Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615455113796090765noreply@blogger.com