Year: 2014

The ECB’s big experiment with negative interest rates is finally reaching ordinary people and two things are ironic about it: First, that it was a bank with a hint of gambling in its name which finally drove this message home.

Next time you visit a politician’s Facebook profile or Twitter account, do not be fooled that their working days consist mainly of kissing babies, cutting ribbons or speaking in Parliament.

Land regulations are a cost and concern to New Zealand businesses, and they are probably a factor affecting the cost of living through land prices and competition effects.

If you are a gold bug, and if you think the majority of the Swiss are too, you might want to consider adding some of the yellow stuff to your portfolio.

We need a local government finance system that rewards councils that go for growth and punishes those that inhibit development.

The current local government finance system might in fact incentivise a council against development.

The eurozone has long been stuck in an economic cul-de-sac.

Okay, so economists disagree on complex questions.