The Productive Economy Councils welcomes Labour’s stance on tax and monetary policy reform

The Productive Economy Council welcomes comments in a speech from Labour leader Phil Goff today in which he outlined Labour’s economic priorities in 2010.

PEC spokesman Selwyn Pellett says Phil Goff is spot on in highlighting the need to up skill our population to create more productive and wealthier society.

“Phil Goff obviously understands the danger we face. Namely, that as New Zealand comes out of the recession it is not enough to simply rely on a default recovery back to the status quo. It will be all too easy to mistake a general improvement in the economic outlook for a positive long-term prognosis for our economy’s health. In reality our economy is in no better position to guarantee a prosperous future than it was before the recession,” says Pellett. read more »