NZ Inc is a business, so what are shareholders getting?

NZ Inc is a business, so what are shareholders getting?
Christopher Luxon during an appearance at a Property Council breakfast. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
A lot has been made of the fact we now have a business-like leader in government, but far less noise has been made about the fact his approach doesn’t really represent how business leaders operate in the 2020s.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has chunked things down into quarterly cycles matching the business cycle. Then, in cutting government spending, he has played the part of a business leader returning cash to shareholders – in this case: you and me.But shareholders are not a monolith and not all shareholders want the same...

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