Economy
Stein’s law says that if something cannot go on forever, it wont. But does a speculative bubble matter? The cryptocurrency bubble can be left to itself (tax evasion and criminal transactions aside). Why shouldn’t we do the same for housing?
Read MoreAre we reducing child poverty by as much as is needed to reach the targets set by the government under the Child Poverty Reduction Act?
Read MoreThe future for an effective centre party in New Zealand?
Read MoreHow we approached the threat of Covid tells us about possibilities for the future ways.
Read MoreA recent study suggests most are near the centre.
Read MoreWhat it is like to be a new Minister
Read MoreBeing an MP is not quite what you think.
Read MoreIt was easy for election night commentators to use the ‘landslide’ trope to describe Labour’s winning of the 2020 election. But the historical record suggests that such landslides may not last long.
(The image is of Abbotsford after its landslide and thirty years later — Otago Daily Times.)
Read MoreMMP may deliver a parliament which reflects us, but frequently the government does not.
Read Morehe economy has been through a traumatic experience. Prospects look sobering.
Read MoreThe Covid Crisis provides insights into how critical global connectedness has become to our lives.
Read More‘The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update’ (PREFU) tells us something about the future of the Public Sector but it requires careful analysis to assess how it is going.
Read MoreAlways to islanders danger
Is what comes over the seas
‘Landfall in Unknown Seas’ (Allen Curnow)
Six economic issues external to New Zealand, which will greatly impact upon us.
Read MoreWindows 95 is famous for requiring the shutting down the system by clicking ‘start, like stopping your car by turning the ignition key on. Why are so many interfaces so user-unfriendly?
Read MoreThe standard trope of the war of the worlds is of extraterrestrial human-like aliens, perhaps from Mars, invading earth and waging an unrelenting war against its inhabitants. The source of Covid-19 is this earth and it is certainly not human-like. Even so, the entire earth is facing a universal invader which takes no prisoners. How have we responded to the new world war?
Read MoreThe nation-state continues to thirve despite the pressures of globalisation and social diversity.
Read MoreMuddled thinking about how the government functions – or even what the government is – confuses public understandings of what is going on.
Read MoreThe old ways of thinking about the macroeconomy have been found wanting, but the alternative is not clear.
Read More‘Good Economics for Hard Times’ should be on your reading list.
Read MoreWe are failing to think though the interdependencies in an economy.
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