Max Rashbrooke asserts that the “most fundamental omission” in our report is “its failure to deal in any significant way with the long-run consequences of widened inequality”.
Elsewhere he comments that “The biggest issue I have is The New Zealand Initiative is completely oblivious to the point that even if the big increase in inequality was in the 1980s or 1990s, and hasn’t worsened since then, it still has big implications for the country today”.
Note that Rashbrooke’s comment does not contest point 8 in our 21 Messages blog–it is wrong to assert that disposable income inequality IS rising in New Zealand or even to assert that it has risen since the 1990s, at least on the most cited measure. However, his “even if” framing suggests that he refuses to accept the evidence. It would help public debate if he clarified his position on point 8.
Rashbrooke’s fear/assertion is that…
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