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New Zealand teachers strike ahead of 'hacked' budget release
The labor action by almost 50,000 secondary and primary school teachers came a day before Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's center-left government was set to release its first "well-being" budget. The fiscal policy has been touted as a new way to measure progress by putting "kindness, empathy and well-being" in focus over traditional economic growth indicators.
like "target inflation" innovations of yore, but better?
The opposition National Party denied involvement in any illegal activity.

"You read my lips: The National Party has acted entirely appropriately," party leader Simon Bridges told reporters on Wednesday, without divulging how the budget information was obtained.



Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Wed May 29th, 2019 at 02:35:49 PM EST
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