Swan Dive - Part Two
By Vincent Heeringa,
While you and I have been worrying about the economic crisis, David Skilling of the NZ Insitute and Mark Weldon of the NZX have been busy reconceiving their bold, and possibly brilliant, response to the economic crisis. Their report, Swan Dive or Belly Flop, is the second version with responses to critics, improvements to the analysis and alterations to some detail.
You can respond to the report here.
I’ll have more coherent thoughts about it once I’ve had a decent read. But initially my reaction is that it’s terrific that the guys have not just let loose their load once, but actually taken the trouble to absorb responses and resubmit it. Since Weldon arrived he has taken the leadership role of the NZX to heart. The only shame is it's a crisis that he's responding to.
Comments
Jane
Agree with you V. Question is: do the Nats have what it takes to listen and to run with this stuff, or are they too blinkered? What do you think?
Bernie White
Good constructive report. What worries me though, is do NZers care? National's strategy seemed to be 'time for a change'. Give us a go. Without either main party articulating a compelling aspiration for NZ. So the electorate said … 'yeah give that nice Keys fellow a go'. But it isn't the politicians that need to change. It's us. We get the govt we deserve!. I think it's time to lift our (the public) expectations for the country, for ourselves and our leaders. To get together and do some of the work ourselves.
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