Whatever the damage, especially to the British economy, Brexit has done us a service by illustrating the complexity of trade.
Read MoreTrading Red Tape
Economy
Taxing Questions About Taxing Housing
The government’s recent housing package may work; will it do enough?
Read MoreOpen Modelling Climate Change Policies
The Climate Change Commission should immediately publish the details of its economic models and enable the public to access them.
Read MoreWhy Don’t We All Live in Australia?
Migration patterns provide further evidence that wellbeing is not simply measured by income.
Read MoreDo We Really Care about the Marginalised?
Social philosophy in New Zealand is muddled and incomplete.
Read MoreAre We Really Budgeting for Wellbeing?
How Can We Make Wellbeing at the Centre of Public Policy If We Dont Measure It?
Read MoreWe Must Avoid Treating Māori As Living Fossils.
There are times when tikanga needs to be broken for tikanga to survive.
Read MoreThe Sources of House Price Inflation.
Building more houses is not going to reduce house prices much (although it will help more people to be decently housed). The inflation driver is financial speculation based on leveraged borrowing. Until that is addressed, house prices will continue to boom.
Read MoreAre We in for a Meltdown as We Tackle Climate Change?
Does it make sense to compare our climate change adaptation with Rogernomics?
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Is the King Above the Law?
While many readers will say ‘the king is certainly not above the law’, not everyone believes that, especially if they are in power.
Read MoreHow is the Economy Doing?
The Treasury forecasts suggest the economy is doing better than expected after the Covid Shock.
Read MoreOpening Pandora’s American Box
All nations have shadows; some acknowledge them. For others they shape their image in uncomfortable ways.
Read MoreA New World Order?
Does the US need to strike a grand bargain with like-minded countries to pool their efforts? What does this tell us about today’s global politics?
Read MoreAfter Brexit?
Beethoven is a New Zealander
The National Library is still disposing books from the nation’s heritage.
Read MoreDesigning For End Users.
Far too often designers forget the purpose of the exercise is to communicate.
Read MoreRedisorganising the Health System – yet again.
Implementing the New Zealand Health and Disability System review not only involves major technical problems but creates fascinating political tensions.
Read MoreSinful or Harmful?
We need to change public policy if our aim is to minimise the harm from drugs.
Read MoreTransformation or Progress?
Why this government will not be transformative; do we want it to be?
Read MoreAs Safe As Houses?
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?
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