Local Experience
An Overseas Experience is almost a rite of passage for Kiwis. Read more
Joel Hernandez
5 June, 2020
No sign of strategic thinking
With Alert Level 1 approaching, there are few signs the Government has shifted its thinking towards capitalising on New Zealand’s coronavirus-free status. Read more
Roger Partridge
5 June, 2020
Taking carbon – and housing – seriously
Minister for Climate Change James Shaw this week announced substantial strengthening of New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Total emissions will be capped, and carbon prices allowed to increase to help reduce New Zealand’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
5 June, 2020
Podcast #13: Oliver Hartwich explains why NZ’s economic institutions must be protected now
The Covid-19 crisis has quickly evolved from a health issue into an economic threat. Read more
Nathan Smith
4 June, 2020
Nothing stops the march of European integration
To understand the mindset of European elites, it is worth going back to the words of the founding godfather or European integration, Jean Monnet: “Europe will be forged in crises and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises." Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
3 June, 2020
Shane Jones's Forestry Bill will strangle investment, harm economy
C. S. Lewis once warned that of all tyrannies, “a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.” Read more
Roger Partridge
3 June, 2020
Water is too precious to be so cheap
The North Island’s drought is getting rather serious. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
2 June, 2020
Give us a break
When told the French peasants had no bread during a famine, the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is said to have exclaimed “Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!" – loosely translated as “Let them eat cake!” Read more
Roger Partridge
29 May, 2020
East Asia: The role model for Covid-19
Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan deserve praise for fighting Covid-19. Read more
Leonard Hong
29 May, 2020
Sneaking a preview of our economic future
As we all navigate our way through this crisis, we are in uncharted territory. We cannot base our actions on experience because no-one has ever lived through a scenario like this. We do not have enough information about what is going on. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
29 May, 2020
Podcast #12: Leonard Hong on how East Asia smashed Covid-19 early
To prepare for the next pandemic, New Zealand has plenty to learn. But only a handful of developed countries might offer some key lessons, since most nations have been hit hard by Covid-19. Read more
Nathan Smith
29 May, 2020
Smooth the path for business to adapt
Kiwis are very likely heading into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
27 May, 2020
NZ’s multibillion-dollar international education sector at risk
One of the ideas to boost the economy in a post-Covid world is to reopen the borders for international students. Eric Crampton tells Ryan Bridge on The AM Show that New Zealand’s relatively safe status gives the tertiary sector a real opportunity to become a more desirable destination for international students. He warns that the window is closing fast and that the government must act quickly to meet the July semester deadline. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
27 May, 2020
Let’s not go bananas over the recovery
It was in 1986 when Paul Keating, then Australia’s Treasurer, made a famous remark: “If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for,” Keating warned on the John Laws radio programme. “We will just end up being a third-rate economy, a banana republic.” Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
27 May, 2020
Debate over NZ Super age reignited
National Party leader Todd Muller has said that the party will pledge pushing up the age of eligibility progressively from 65 to 67 starting in 2037. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
27 May, 2020
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