The late Ronald Reagan once said “There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination and wonder”. At The New Zealand Initiative we share his optimism. Read more
Many Australians are moving away from the Big Four banks and instead opting to place their money with smaller banks that are offering higher interest rates. Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, provides ABC Radio with insights into monetary policy from both New Zealand and Europe - including recent murmuring from some in Europe to embark on a programme of "Helicopter Money". Read more
Is it time to stop measuring poverty, Jenesa Jeram asks. Whenever commentators get stuck debating the numbers on poverty, there are inevitably calls to stop the academic pontificating and "just do something''. Read more
Left-wing blog The Standard veered beyond its usual polemic last week with a guest post that painstakingly laid out how Auckland Council had spent $1.24 billion on a new IT system with little to show for it so far. The piece, written in response to Bernard Orsman’s scoop in the New Zealand Herald, was notable for its familiarity with major IT project processes, and how far Auckland Council had strayed from industry best practice. Read more
More than a few folks have emailed me the latest from The Guardian on the coming intergenerational war. Youth incomes have been going backwards in too many countries. Read more
Too many New Zealanders are walking around with a shameful addiction. Your family members, colleagues or even spouse may be secretly struggling. Read more
How central banks communicate their monetary policy intentions to the market matters. First, central banks must be credible. Read more
Sometimes, the supermarket sticker price is just there to make the sale price look better. Anchoring expectations matters. Read more
Left-wing blog The Standard veered beyond its usual polemic last week with a guest post that painstakingly laid out how Auckland Council had spent $1.24 billion on a new IT system with little to show for it so far. The piece, written in response to Bernard Orsman’s scoop in the New Zealand Herald, was notable for its familiarity with major IT project processes, and how far Auckland Council had strayed from industry best practice. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses the OCR with Paul Henry on 10 March 2016. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich explains what he took away from the Australia and New Zealand School of Government's annual conference in Melbourne, August 2015. Read more
Research Fellow Jason Krupp sheds some light on the economics of trophy hunting, following the recent uproar of an American tourist shooting Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Read more
Khyaati Acharya, co-author of In the Zone: Creating a toolbox for regional prosperity, explains Special Economic Zones. Read more
Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins ABC Radio to provide some insights about the state of democracy across Europe, and why democracy is under threat in Eastern Europe. Read more
Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins Paul Henry to discuss whether Reserve Bank Governor, Graeme Wheeler, will cut the Official Cash Rate. Read more