A new report highlights a growing contradiction in economic policy, where calls for government support of risk-taking entrepreneurs clash with recent measures that have raised business expenses. Critics argue the same administration promoting bold investment incentives has also introduced financial burdens that could stifle the very enterprises it claims to champion. The tension raises questions about whether policy actions align with stated intentions to foster innovation and private-sector growth. Business leaders and economists are now weighing whether the net effect will encourage or discourage the risk-taking the government purports to endorse.


Burnham has said those who take risks should be backed by government, but his government has been criticised for increasing business costs.