NZ’s free-market playbook as usual as a floppy disk

NZ’s free-market playbook as usual as a floppy disk

New Zealand needs to promote new industries if it’s to compete on the world stage, according to an Oxford University expert on the global economy. With global economic giants, including the United States and China, strongly backing various sectors, the free trade market is becoming a dated concept. The idea of industrial policy is still viewed as a communist concept in many parts of the New Zealand political and business sector, which remember t…