US foreign policy, especially in Latin America, has often been at the point of a gun. But the Trump Doctrine is going places previous US administrations haven’t. Let’s not miss what’s new
Read MoreThis column is a response to the complaint that we have poor economic performance because we have summer holidays. It praises them
Read MoreThe government is still borrowing for consumption.
Read MoreHow we connect economically with the world is critical.
Read MoreThe Minister of Finance says it is but, parochialism aside, are we doing anything to ensure it really is?
Read MoreThe tensions between different approaches to the economy are surfacing as the election nears.
Read MorePragmatic analysis says maybe we should, but we should also consider nationalisation. We should certainly consider better regulation.
Read MoreThe pressure to globalise is consolidating towards a global world in which the US is a marginal player.
Read MoreWe should follow the Golden Rule of Fiscal Management and not borrow for consumption in the medium run.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth II famously asked about the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, ‘Why did no one see it coming?’
Read MoreWhat do the 2025 Nobel awards in economics say to us?
Read MoreThis review of ‘Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger’ by David Cohen was first published in the ‘NZ International Review’ .
Read MoreOur current fiscal settings promise that we will eventually face a public debt explosion. A major cause would arise from the aging population. Is there anything we can do?
Read MoreWith the passing of Jim Bolger, New Zealand has lost a politician defined by another era, but who helped usher in the modern age of coalitions and managers. A politician who was never popular but who has become increasingly admired
Read MoreNew Zealand has ‘Scandinavian ambitions in terms of quality of life, but a US attitude to tax’: Lara Clark.
Read MoreIt even happens in New Zealand. Local autonomy suffers.
Read MoreWhat the latest Statistics New Zealand GDP figures might be telling us.
Read MoreBig Corporations Are Not What We Think They Are
Read MoreDo we need bigger multipurpose government mega-departments?
Read MoreWith his ‘I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I'm the president of the United States.’ Donald Trump is echoing Louis XIV who may have said ‘L’état, ce’est moi’ – ‘I am the state.’*
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