Kiwi economy more competitive than Australia

Jason Krupp | The New Zealand Initiative | 09 September 2013

 

If you listened closely last Wednesday morning at about 10am when the World Economic Forum released its Global Competitiveness Index, you might have heard the sound of large quantities of air being gulped down as chests across the country filled with pride.

The report showed New Zealand is ranked as the 18th most competitive economy in the world, up five places on last year but, more importantly – at least from a p...

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