Economy
If China’s second largest property developer implodes, the Chinese financial system may be compromised, while the booming property market is so central to the Chinese economy, its staggering would impact internationally, including on New Zealand.
Read MoreMichael Lewis The Premonition: A Pandemic Story is another cracker to add to his other books such as ‘Liar's Poker’, ‘The Big Short’ and ‘The Undoing Project’.
Read MoreIt is the time of the year for reflection so let me share with you a problem which is puzzling me.
Read MoreWe are reminded by a turbulent year and Ayesha Verrall of the importance of an effective health system.
Read MoreTreasury has announced that it is having a major review of its macroeconomic policy framework.
Read MoreLegitimate pressures on government spending suggest we are going to have to raise total tax revenue or suffer a poorer quality New Zealand.
Read MoreJournalist Graham Adams recently drew parallels between David Lange in the Fourth Labour Government and Jacinda Ardern in the Sixth, arguing that just as Lange was a hostage to the Rogernomes in his cabinet, Ardern is a hostage to the Māori in her caucus.
Read MoreThe book I am currently working on – tentative title ‘In Open Seas’ – looks at the current and future New Zealand. One chapter describes the policy towards Covid using the trope of warfare. It covers an important period in our history but it also shows how policy evolves and why, as Jacinda Ardern said, it was difficult to plan. This is as far as I have got (edited).
Read MoreCelebrating Poet Anne Kennedy
Read MoreThe tunnelling machine for Auckland Watercare’s $1.2b 14.7km Central Interceptor Network which is expected to substantially reduce sewage overflows onto Auckland beaches by 2025.
Why is there so much local opposition to the Three Waters restructuring?
Read MoreWhat is the Three Waters Restructuring Actually About?
Read MoreAn introductory economics course student is likely to meet the above graph. It shows that if the minimum wage (in purple) is above the point where the labour supply curve (in red) and labour demand curve (in blue) cross there will be less employment. That is what students are taught. But research shows the world does not work that way.
Read MoreIf we want to minimise the impact of the Covid virus we are going to have to think about social class.
Read MoreSometimes high theory loses the human point of the exercise.
Read MoreThe elimination of Covid strategy is not so much defeated but changing circumstances means that policy has to evolve.
Read MoreA Rogernome Defends the Policies.
Read MoreNot all neoliberals are the same, as a comparison ranging from Don Giovanni to Geneva School ordoliberals shows.
Read MoreA short review of the policy issues that Labour is facing and the ministers undertaking them.
Read MoreMichael Cullen set out his political philosophy in his autobiography. So has Chris Finlayson. His is having significant impact on Māori development.
Read MorePerhaps one of the reasons for vaccination hesitancy is that we are too casual about what constitutes science.
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