ACT was founded as a party advocating neoliberal economics; neoliberal economists still advise it, even if many of its ...

Monopsonies – dominant purchasers – need to be restrained as much as monopolies – dominant sellers. That is what pay equity ...

When Frankiln D. Roosevelt in July 1933 coined the phrase “first 100 days”, those first few months were already done and dusted. He was looking back over a start to his presidency that had seen him ...

Four eighty-year-old books which are still vitally relevant today. Between 1942 and 1945, four refugees from Vienna each published a ground-breaking – seminal – book.* They left their country after ...

Does the Autumn 2024 British budget point to a change in fiscal strategies? Many countries found their fiscal position was unsustainable, following the 2008 Global Financial Crash. Their public ...

A major American study suggests they are not? This column is about the white working class. In the US 2024 elections they mainly voted for Donald Trump. Had they voted with the white middle class, ...

Should we pursue a ‘Golden Rule’ where any public borrowing for consumption is temporary? This columnist is a fiscal conservative who is cautious about government borrowing for public consumption. I ...

It is said that economists know the price of everything and the value of nothing. That may be an exaggeration but an even better response is to point out economists do know the difference. They did ...

Do we treat the government finances with the common sense that household’s manage theirs? It is a commonly held view that we should treat the government as if it is a prudent household. We don’t when ...

She may have progressed our understanding of women in the economy but that has not resolved all the issues. A woman who was once chief executive of New Zealand’s biggest company said ‘It is true that ...

How far has the government’s Three Waters policy retreated? There are plenty of anecdotes which illustrate that the current management of fresh water, wastewater and storm water is failing. But they ...