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Month: November 2010

The entrance to the Central Bank of Ireland.
Ideas@TheCentre

Ireland beware its saviours

26 November 2010

The Irish bailout package now offers the unique opportunity to rob the Irish of one of their country’s major selling points.

European Union flags in front of the Berlaymont Building, Brussels.
Business Spectator

Europe’s growth-killing cult

25 November 2010

By putting an overemphasis on risk, Europe has turned itself into an inward looking, stagnant society.

Deckchairs, St James's Park, London SW1.
Business Spectator

Britain’s phoney pursuit of happiness

18 November 2010

The rise of politicians talking about ‘happiness’ and ‘general well-being’ is a new European fad with similar initiatives also undertaken by Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Angela Merkel in Germany.

Supreme Court of Victoria.
Ideas@TheCentre

Open doors, not webcams

12 November 2010

Victoria’s Premier John Brumby has made an unusual pledge ahead of the state election.

Wolfgang Schäuble seated at a meeting.
Business Spectator

Europe’s most dangerous man

11 November 2010

In their open confrontation with the Americans and other European countries, the Germans have good arguments on their side.

Looking up Oxford Street, Sydney from Hyde Park Corner, 1910, just before the street was widened.
The Australian

Population bomb still a fizzer 40 years on

8 November 2010

Worshipping their new goddess nature, the environmentalists have forgotten something.

Press room of the European Commission inside the Berlaymont building, Brussels. 2007.
Business Spectator

The EU’s win-win losers

4 November 2010

The next acute crisis of a Eurozone country may happen sooner than EU leaders think.

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Oliver Hartwich

I run The New Zealand Initiative, a Wellington think tank that argues for free markets, limited government and institutions that work. I grew up in Germany's Ruhrgebiet and worked in London and Sydney before moving to New Zealand in 2012. This site collects two decades of my columns, reports, speeches and interviews, with the occasional satire.

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The Martian Audit (2026)

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In the Meantime (2026)

Investing in a more tribal, less rational world. Written for the Da Vinci Lecture at the Portfolio Construction Forum. Free to read online.

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Leonardo's Legacy (2025)

Why investment professionals must become civilisational stewards. Written for the first Da Vinci Lecture at the Portfolio Construction Forum. Free to read online.

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