This week the Green Party’s Julie Anne Genter and I wrote for the Spinoff on sugar taxes, presenting the ‘for’ and ‘against’ cases. Julie Anne’s was published first presenting the ‘for’ case, followed by my piece. Here’s a taster of mine, but do read both pieces:
You wouldn’t trust an economist to give you a smear test. So is it reasonable to expect those working in health to grasp economics? But still we listen to sugar tax proponents who don’t understand how consumer taxes work, says the NZ Initiative’s Jenesa Jeram.
I’d like to thank Julie Anne for her time. I’m aware she’s fighting an arguably a bigger battle at the moment in the form of the Mt Albert by-election, so I really appreciate her willingness to still engage in policy debate.
Now, I wrote my piece blind, filing it before seeing Julie Anne’s argument. Nevertheless, I think I…
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