Congestion pricing is easier said than done.
Read MorePricing Road Usage
infrastructure
Who Pays for the Roads?
The proposed infrastructural spending on roads leaves open a whole range of issues such as who pays and who benefits.
Read MoreInfrastructure won’t win it for National (but this other thing might)
Don’t be the party of infrastructure, be the party of families
Read MoreResurrecting the Development State
The Government’s proposed infrastructural entity in context.
Read MoreAn Alternative to Neoliberalism?
Is public spending stuck in the vicelike grip of our quasi-Austerian economic policy?
Read MoreHow Does Immigration Benefit the New Zealand Economy?
Answering that question proves to be challenging. This preliminary assessment suggests the economic benefits to incumbent New Zealanders may not be great.
Read MoreHow Should We Run a Budget Deficit?
If it necessary to run a budget deficit then it should be spent in the interests of future generations, rather than on increased consumption to be paid for in the future.
Read MoreRegional Development Policy?
The Northland by-election demonstrates we do not have a regional development policy. Should we? What might it look like?
Read MoreThe America's Cup -- building boon or boo-hoo?
There has been heaps of hype around the America's Cup, but beyond our national ego and sporting competitiveness, there is one very practical reason to hope Emirates Team New Zealand can somehow pull one out of the bag
Read MoreThe RMA road map: infrastructure crossroads
To help the government’s goal of “building infrastructure for growth”, the foundations of the Resource Management Act are being quietly reviewed, without a scrap of evidence that infrastructure is being impeded by the current law
Read MoreBig bangs, bailouts, and bulldust
Governments around the world are getting it in the neck for doing too much or too little to pull their economies out of the global recession. So why should John Key go scot-free when he talks about bailing out F&P Appliances – and what is he doing to stimulate the rest of us?
National's Neros fiddling on tax and infrastructure
Almost a full economic quarter has passed since the election, and still we're waiting for government action on the worst recession since World War II. Tax cuts are still two months away and National is cutting back on infrastructure
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday January 29
Farmers hope for lower interest rates after milk payout slashed; Fonterra refuses to release phone minutes; Maori want piece of infrastructure pie; fossils suggest New Zealand may not have been submerged 22m years ago; and more
Read MoreThe real work starts now, Mr Key
Barak Obama’s first presidential speech glowed with golden rhetoric – but his best advice was contained in one of its most simple passages. It was a message that