Have councils got too much debt?
An update to LGNZ's Mythbusters: Examining common perceptions about local government in New Zealand looks at the issue of debt and asks the question Have councils got too much debt?
Initially published online in 2010 the report investigates a range of common assumptions about local government to find if they are fact or fiction.
The latest chapter update Have council got too much debt? looks at the thorny issue of council debt and whether debt is necessarily bad, and how to determine when a council's level of debt is imprudent or excessive?
To read Mythbusters: Examining common perceptions about local government in New Zealand click here.
Posted 12 September 2011
