tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342528022617501525.post8609927138692195070..comments2024-03-28T15:05:33.781+13:00Comments on Economics New Zealand: Move along, folksDonal Curtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03687495556590450225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342528022617501525.post-5307063444540865272014-12-05T13:39:01.421+13:002014-12-05T13:39:01.421+13:00Maybe you're right about what's 'expec...Maybe you're right about what's 'expected' of them. For me though it's a whole cast of mind thing - which is more important, gaming or producing - and I'm not at all sure it's in a company's longer term interest given potential unintended consequences, direct costs, and indirect costs of loss of focus on core businessDonal Curtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687495556590450225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342528022617501525.post-10880761622150657712014-12-04T20:53:03.064+13:002014-12-04T20:53:03.064+13:00We cannot expect them to cease the regulatory comp...We cannot expect them to cease the regulatory competition - it is profit maximising behaviour, or at least it is the behaviour that their shareholders expect to see. What 'we' can do - and I really mean the media can do - is stop giving attention to them for doing it. So often the media uncritically adopts the self interested burble and spin of industry and share broking firms as if it were fact. <br /><br />"Regulator's decision to hold Xmas causes uncertainty and cost, bad for consumers", says Turkey. Rest of world shocked. Bennoreply@blogger.com