How economists think about valuing life when allocating resources for healthcare purposes.
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Are New Zealand Economists Going in the Right Direction?
The Secretary of the Treasury appears to have doubts.
Read MoreIs New Zealand’s Innovation Policy Too Elitist?
We should focus more on introducing and adapting the world’s innovations using a skilled workforce.
Read MoreWhen Should We Get New Zealand Superannuation?
The case for raising the age of eligibility for NZS; and how we can do it.
Read MoreHow to make a world-class university
University education is a privilege, not a right, and if we treated it that way we might just get better results
Read MoreThe Cost of Demanding More Health Care
As times goes on the government will spend more on healthcare. That means higher taxes. Is there an alternative?
Read MoreWhat is the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?
Every year around 600 New Zealanders are born with a horrible condition because their mothers drank while they were pregnant.
Read MorePenalising the Poor
Sloppy analysis is dividing us into the deserving and undeserving
Read MoreDoes Piketty Matter?
Thomas Piketty says economic inequality has been getting greater in the world, and will get greater. What about New Zealand?
Read MoreDealing with Foreign Investors
The EU approach in trade deals is likely to protect the right of states to make public policy
Read MoreBecause I'm worth it
Why typical Gen Y's are rife with feelings of entitlement and overconfidence, yet quick to play the victim and often miserable
Read MoreThis too shall pass: Removing the right to think
As if banning same-sex marriage isn't enough, the Presbyterian Church has gone a step further and removed the clergy's liberty of conscience on the issue
Read MoreHow sustainable is New Zealand?
One of the biggest issues missed during the election campaign was the sustainability of National's economic, environmental and even social policies. So what do you do if the government's not thinking long-term?
Read MoreThe truth about our 'rockstar economy'
A softening of the housing market, falling dairy prices and potential weakening of the Chinese economy do not bode well for New Zealand
Read MoreDirty dairying inspires a common-sense approach from the politicians
Dealing to dirty dairying is an issue that the three major parties fundamentally agree on. Is a parliamentary accord on protecting our waterways next?
Read MoreMuddying the nation's waterways
The biggest problem muddying New Zealand's waterways is not farming, it's misinformation
Read MoreDon't rely on the Herald, just read Pundit
If the NZ Herald wants its editorials to be taken seriously, it should stop using them to mislead its readers.
Read MoreHas it really got the Spark?
Changing your business name and branding is a risky proposition. Has Telecom, now known as Spark, made the right choice?
Read MoreLabour can't keep rewarding failure
Chris Trotter has missed my point. It's not a factional coup d'etat Labour needs but a coup d'élan to jolt the party onto success
Read MoreThe insidious spread of managerialism
There is a lot of lip service paid to employees being an organisation's greatest asset, but the reality is rather different
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