Insights
No need to be afraid of Chinese migration
Far from demonising Chinese immigration in populist fear campaigns, New Zealand should be celebrating the opportunities and potential that Asian migrants bring to this country. […]
Month: May 2013
Business Spectator
The currency union that’d drag Australia south
If you really can’t help yourself and desperately yearn for a currency union between Australia and New Zealand against all odds, then at least you should also include Papua New Guinea. Simply because every failing monetary union deserves its Greece. […]
Business Spectator
No olive branch for a European comedy
Whether there have to be single-use oil canisters on European restaurant tables or not may not be the biggest question for the world economy today. But to watch the European Union dealing with it in such an overly-bureaucratic way, one may well be concerned for the future of the European economy – not just in olive-growing countries. […]
Insights
Budget 2013 – slow and steady wins the race
Predictably, but regrettably, the Budget does little to defuse the fiscal time bomb that an ageing population poses for future spending on health care and retirement incomes. There is much still to be done after this still-laudable budget. […]
Business Spectator
Europe’s slasher stalks Slovenia
If I were a cynic, I would now be predicting the next European bailout recipient. And the winner is… Slovenia! But how would I know? […]
Insights
Wellington is alive
It is often said that nobody voluntarily moves to Wellington, but after a few weeks here hardly anyone wants to leave it. It certainly was like this for me. […]
Business Spectator
Too easy to swallow the euro’s red herring
This euro crisis is more than just a monetary crisis. It is way deeper than that. It really is just another episode in the epic battle of government against the markets. Typically it’s the markets that win in the long run. […]
Business Spectator
Is Germany edging towards the exit?
The Bundesbank and the German constitutional court are confronting and challenging the ECB, and such a conflict cannot just be moderated away. Eventually, the Germans will need to come clear on where they want to take the eurozone. […]