STUART THEOBALD: Government’s exit from vital sectors shatters taboos

The government’s exit from important economic sectors is a runaway train crashing through taboos at an accelerating rate. The “developmental state” model propounded by the past two administrations, which envisages the government directly driving the economy, is collapsing around us.

By default, we are turning into an economy driven far more by the private sector than before...

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