Law
Christopher Luxon has spent two days misspeaking his way through the nuanced world of foreign affairs, but in doing so stumbled upon a key question surrounding the bombings of Iran - what limits are there when the powerful will go to ‘any’ lengths?
New Zealand is a small, isolated nation and needs to design itself accordingly. We should avoid uncritically imitating larger nations.
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
This column is a response to the complaint that we have poor economic performance because we have summer holidays. It praises them
The Minister of Finance says it is but, parochialism aside, are we doing anything to ensure it really is?
The tensions between different approaches to the economy are surfacing as the election nears.
Pragmatic analysis says maybe we should, but we should also consider nationalisation. We should certainly consider better regulation.
The pressure to globalise is consolidating towards a global world in which the US is a marginal player.
We should follow the Golden Rule of Fiscal Management and not borrow for consumption in the medium run.
Queen Elizabeth II famously asked about the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, ‘Why did no one see it coming?’
This review of ‘Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger’ by David Cohen was first published in the ‘NZ International Review’ .
Our 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?
With 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
New Zealand has ‘Scandinavian ambitions in terms of quality of life, but a US attitude to tax’: Lara Clark.
Andrew Sorkin’s new book, 1929: The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History sheds light on how financial markets work.