One option is to cut back on maintenance of your capital – say, to delay repainting the house or keeping the car in tip-top ...

The asymmetry between borrower and lender is well illustrated by Keynes telling the New Zealand Minister of Finance, William ...

The Government’s plans to remove the wellbeing provisions in the Public Finance Act represents a reversal of the way society is travelling.

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 ...

This year’s Nobel awards in economics raise critical issues about the future of the world. I was not alone with high hopes when the Soviet Union collapsed. It has been good to see various nations ...

There was no less razzamatazz about the 2024 Budget than about earlier ones. Once again the underlying economic analysis got lost. It deserves more attention. Just to remind you, the Budget Economic ...

Reflections on a report I wrote for the New Zealand Productivity Commission The Government has asked the New Zealand Productivity Commission (NZPC) to enquire into the resilience of the New Zealand ...

Implementing the New Zealand Health and Disability System review not only involves major technical problems but creates fascinating political tensions. The government is promising to redisorganise the ...

ACT ‘s neoliberals are still trying to sneak in a change to the constitution. When ACT – the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers – was formed, its then party leader, Roger Douglas, with an ...

Labour’s (or, at least, Jacinda Ardern’s) decision to rule out all but a minimal increase to the top tax rate puts real constraints on the social policy changes it can make. But there’s one policy ...

While many of the world’s Christian religions seem preoccupied with personal issues that Jesus, their founder, barely touched upon, they must engage with economic issues too. Robert Prevost, chose the ...