Rogernomics
There was great disappointment following the just released poverty figures for the year ended to June 2022. Whatever your take, we are not facing up to the real child poverty problems.
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A Rogernome Defends the Policies.
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Newsroom’ recalled Édith Piaf’s ‘je ne regrette rien’ to head an article in which Don Brash expressed much the same sentiment.
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Does it make sense to compare our climate change adaptation with Rogernomics?
Read MoreThe Ardern-Peters Government appears to be comfortable with neoliberalism. Is that because it does not know of any alternative?
Read MoreJacinda Ardern has drawn on our national pride in New Zealand's nuclear-free stance to rally support for her decision to end offshore oil drilling. But her announcement has echoes of Douglas and Prebble as much as Lange and Palmer
Read MoreA review of some critical decisions in Jim Anderton’s life reminds us of just how contingent politics can be.
Read MoreThe last column described the philosophy of economist James Buchanan as it applied to the United States. What is its relevance to New Zealand?
Read MoreThe times are a’changing, as recent macroeconomic fashions are being abandoned and old verities are being restated.
Read MoreToo much of pop-economics is misleading to the point close to being lying. No wonder there is a widespread rejection of it by the populace.
Read MoreIf National can adapt to change, why can't Labour?
Read MoreTo close the gap with Australia, will Brash dare to follow the Australian example? Or will it be Rogernomics: the next chapter?
Read MoreThe free-marketers can cry all they like, the credit crunch means capitalism will change its shape once again
Read MoreJon explores the 'four torrents' of New Zealand's political history, concluding that in this year's campaign the big ideas that could represent our next big change period are being subsumed by small ones.
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