With the coming departure from politics of Bill Shorten, it’s time to talk about his former bouncing baby, and now obese adult, the National...
Governments can’t wave around the cash and create out of thin air a “market” that has any of the self-controlling properties described in economics textbooks.
Gittins kind of leaves us hanging for a conclusion here. Governments can't be afraid of actually providing a service, the idea that leaving things to the market is automatically efficient is a myth.