Looks like another three years of stagnation at this stage.
That is not the case. The economy advanced .8 % in the second quarter of this year.
Better the devil you know.
Probably, although most of the growth is because of an increase in population not productivity, I doubt wages are increasing much.
The main problem that I have is that Bill flatly refused to address automation which Jacinda had a lot of policy to preempt. If we wait three years before we start thinking about how we're going to fund education so that people can change careers more often and then eventually a UBI and earlier retirement age, then we could miss the window of change and a lot of people will feel the hurt.
The good thing is that a resurgent left has meant that National have had to promise a lot of good policies. I just worry that while Bill seems like a competent man he's proven time and time again that he's a liar. He's also very conservative and there are a lot of important bills which need to pass through parliament in the next three years including removing abortion from the criminal act so that it's a health issue and not a criminal one, leagalising euthanasia, and removing prohibition on Marijuana. A Bill English led government is likely to be opposed to all of these (despite every other major party and the bulk of New Zealanders supporting them.)
Still, three years of National is not the end of the world, I just hope they don't have to pander too much to NZ First.