As economists are aware, regulating network industries is fiendishly difficult. No matter where you stand on the single-buyer model and whether it could be made to work, shocking markets and investors with populist proposals (provoking equally populist responses) is not the way to go about it. […]
To link the debate about the best market structure for the electricity sector to the question of executive pay makes one wonder how sincere the Greens really are about their proposals. Are they driven by the wish to develop and discuss good economic policy? Or is it only about scoring political points? […]
At the moment, the only countries able to function with the euro are those of the healthier euro core. They should allow the other eurozone members to depart from monetary union. Otherwise we will never be able to see some actual green shoots in Europe. […]
Make no mistake about it: New Zealand’s enduring economic viability depends upon the government’s ability to demography-proof public finances. And on living up to this task depends the Prime Minister’s historic legacy. […]
Despite having some of the world’s greatest companies, Europeans still wonder what these have ever done for them. They will find out the answer the day that some of these despised corporates decide to get out of anti-corporate Europe. […]
It is high time for the Europeans to make a choice. Do they prefer a painful end to euro, or do they want endless euro pain? […]
New Zealand should have a debate about its motorways. But by only talking about speed limits, we are having it back to front. Before discussing speed, we need to talk about the quality of our transport infrastructure. […]
It is evident that the euro does not work. It is even clearer that the policies to save it are a complete and utter failure. So why are the Europeans still putting up with a perma-crisis instead of sending their political leadership into collective early retirement? […]
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