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Removing GST on food is back in the news, proving some bad ideas just never go away

By Stephen Hickson, Economics Lecturer and Director Business Taught Masters Programme, University of Canterbury

The call for GST exemptions on food is a regular feature of New Zealand politics, but it’s far from the simple cost of living solution many seem to think it is.

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