Are we paying enough attention to bureaucracy? Are the current bureaucratic pressures changing the nature of society -- and are they doing so for the public good?
Read MoreEconomy
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Perhaps New Zealand’s acceptance of the TPPA will depend upon the outcome of the Northland by-election
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 MoreWhy Children are in Poverty
The Elimination of Child Poverty Requires a Universal Child Benefit.
Read MoreWhat Is Happening at the Top of the Income Distribution?
The increase of the share of those on top incomes has not been caused by market forces but is the result of their more favourable taxation regimes they have experienced since the early 1990s.
Read MoreWho moved the inflation goal posts?
The inflation policy target has been missed regularly over the past two years, and will be missed for another year. The evidence is that the target has been moved. So by who? And will we be let in on the secret?
Read MoreDoes Radio New Zealand Need a Television Channel?
Too much of our national media is located in Auckland and democracy suffers.
Read MoreWhat is The Problem with a Universal Minimum Income?
They involve tax rates horrendously high or the minimum incomes so low that ihe UMI is not a viable means of eliminating poverty.
Read MoreTrading Water Resource Consents
‘Iwi leaders and the Government have agreed on a deadline to sort out Maori interests in fresh water by Waitangi Day 2016.’ (News: 5 February 2015)
Read MoreJust Do It
Policy announcements do not always reflect careful analysis. Too often the unstated political considerations have too much influence.
Read MoreHow Shallow is Intellectual Life in New Zealand?
It is not what Eleanor Catton said about the government, but how we respond to what she said.
Read MoreThe Matter With Economics?
Jeff Madrick identifies seven bad economic ideas; Alan Blinder is more cautious. What do economists actually believe, and how does it stack up against what we think economics says?
Read MoreTreating Capital Gains Efficiently
What might a non-ideological capital gains tax look like?
Read MoreCentralisation and Decentralisation.
Do We Need Larger Local Authorities or Ones More in Touch with the Localities?
Read MoreEurope Without Walls
As Borders Fall Are Europeans Losing Their Cultural Identity
Read MoreWith or Without Britain
The EU remains central to New Zealand’s destiny
Read MoreDoes Inequality Affect Economic Growth?
The OECD says yes; how do we respond?
Read MoreLet Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds Admit Impediments
How much should the state be involved in determining who are in a marriage relationship?
Read MoreGrumbling About Political Grumblers
It is one thing being in Opposition complaining about what has happened in government; it is another thing to have a viable policy.
Read MoreOur Peter Jackson of Children’s Literature?
How New Zealand businesses succeed internationally.
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