The Ardern-Peters Government appears to be comfortable with neoliberalism. Is that because it does not know of any alternative?
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When Will the Next Financial Crisis Happen?
If improved financial regulations wont prevent crashes, what is the point of them?
Read MoreDemocracy is Not Just Voting
The Way the Voting is Organised Matters Too.
Read MoreThe Census Flop
We have known since last May that the March 2018 Population Census is badly flawed. Does it matter? What can be done?
Read MoreThe Unprepared
That our bureaucrats failed to be prepared for a new government, is an indication of deeper problems.
Read MoreGavin Hawthorn: send him to (drug) court, but not to prison
Since Gavin Hawthorn was sent to prison for ten years in 2003, over 5,000 people have died on New Zealand roads - at an average of 360 a year. That's almost one a day. Commentators calling for him to be sent to prison again are missing the point.
Read MoreBrexit or Bust?
Brexit illustrates the challenges of economic independence and interdependence.
Read MoreThe Fourth Freedom
We need to rethink our strategy towards migrants.
Read MoreVanilla, Neapolitan and Hokey-pokey Financials
How prepared are we for the next international financial crisis?
Read MoreOf Memory and Forgetting
We need to learn what happens when public spending is repressed. It does not lead to efficiency gains. Sometimes the consequences are disastrous.
Read MoreIs Increasing Inequality of Wealth Inevitable?
Walter Scheidel’s The Great Leveler says that it is – almost.
Read MoreWhat If We Are On Our Own?
How prepared are we for the next international economic or financial crisis?
Read MoreShould Porkers Rule OK?
A new book extends the challenge of how to have a decent society for all. We can do better.
Read MoreIts not the justice system that's broken - its the political system
The Justice Advisory Board appointed by Andrew Little says it will take a generation to transform the system. So with New Zealand's three year election cycle, Little needs to get on with it
Read MoreShould We Tax Sugar?
And how should we tax sugar? The science and the economics are more difficult that one might think.
Read MoreWhat is the Significance of a Big Government Fiscal Surplus?
Does the Government’s Big Surplus Mean it Can Spend Up and Tax Down?
Read MoreInvisible Children
The Prime Minister told the UN that she aimed for New Zealand ‘to be the best place in the world to be a child’. Once we said it was.
Read MoreTowards a Low-Emission Economy.
Reporting a civilised conversation on the policy challenges of reducing carbon emissions.
Read MoreIs There Public Service in Our Public Service?
Are we confident that the proposed changes to State Services legislation will address the real problems?
Read MoreTrade War or Financial Crash?
Are the claims of an imminent financial crash justifed or hysterical? (These are notes prepared for Nights with Bryan Crump. 18 September 2018)
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