Where does New Zealand fit into China’s plans to link better to the world?
Read MoreThe Belt and Road Initiative
Does Market Liberalisation Work?
The evidence from the past is that the neoliberal crash-through approach proposed by the new Truss-Kwarteng British government does not lift economic performance.
Read MoreThree Waters: Yet Again a Centralist Solution is Being Imposed Upon Local Communities
The proposal to organise fresh water, storm water and waste water into four entities reflects the contempt that New Zealand’s central government has for local communities.
Read MoreShould We Be Relying On Storing Waste Carbon in Trees?
The carbon, energy and dollar cycles do not integrate well.
Read MoreGorbachev’s Legacy
The aim of a decent liberal Russia is still there; its achievement is likely to be a long way off.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth's death a true end of an era, but her legacy of service can live on
Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II we can reflect on a life devoted to principles that are no longe popular, but which we need to learn to value again
Read MoreIs Social Investment Analysis a Good Idea?
We should try to to evaluate our social policies systematically. But big data has limitations.
Read MorePaying the Cost of Brexit.
Why is the British Economy in Greater Trouble Than Most Others?
Read MoreHow Financial Institutions Fail
What to do when they do.
Read MoreThe Rise of the Market Economy
Economic history alerts us to long term trends, so that we are not trapped into thinking today’s circumstances will be forever.
Read MoreHow Should We Run the Public Health System?
Two-and-a-half years on, the Government’s merged mega-polytechnic, the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology – Te Pūkenga, is facing a deficit which is double the planned one. Will Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) be facing similar troubles in December 2024?
Read MoreBullying's long shadow is cast across Sam Uffindell and the National Party
Sam Uffindell’s confession to being a bully is admirable, but it creates some major political problems for National and will raise questions for victims of bullying, including me
Read MoreFighting Past Inflation Battles
Too many commentators on current price pressures have not understood that this time it is very different from the 1970s. Their prescriptions may accelerate inflation.
Read MoreTurmoil in the National Caucus
Andrea Vance’s ‘Blue Blood: The Inside Story of the National Party in Crisis’ provides broader insights about how Parliament works than just National’s troubles.
Read MoreTrade Deals Are a-Changin'
Are We Keeping Up With the Changing Global Trade Patterns?
Read MoreCorroboration: The key January 6 moment where Trump is exposed
A stunning day of testimony at the January 6 committee hearings in Washington DC has corroborated the key, but under-reported, part of Cassidy Hutchinson’s damning evidence against Donald Trump
Read MoreThe relevance of Piketty’s 'A Brief History of Equality' to New Zealand.
The ongoing decline in market income inequality stopped in the 1980s. Since then it has been stable, while 1990 public policy actively increased disposable income inequality.
Read MoreAre We Facing Secular Stagnation?
We cannot be sure, but the answer matters even in the short term.
Read MoreFor a true 'Partnership for the Blue Pacific', we'll need more Pacific partners
New alliances are cropping up in the Pacific, but in whose interests? Are New Zealand and its partners willing to walk the walk required to achieve genuine peace and development or will we fail to learn lessons from elsewhere?
Read MoreHow Rationally do Economic Actors Behave?
Behavioural economics challenges our assumptions about the relevance of rational economic man.
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