Month: April 2015

Few things about this year’s British general elections are predictable. The one exception is that governing Britain will not be any easier after May 7. […]

The best we can do about Auckland’s housing shortage apart from building more houses is to establish a rational expectation that houses will be built in the future. […]

A German departure from the euro would have some highly beneficial effects on the remaining eurozone members. But of course it will not happen. […]

Is parity between the Kiwi and the Aussie dollars a reason to celebrate or a to be worried? And shouldn’t we just take the opportunity to reflect on how we got there? […]

Our dangerous spreadsheet culture, new Greek demands, things too small to regulate and advice on putting spin on your life: That was the week that was. […]

Ben Bernanke’s analysis of Germany’s exports problem is correct but it yields the wrong conclusions. […]

This week, the Asia New Zealand Foundation released its annual survey of New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples. In some ways, its results are entirely unsurprising as a large majority of New Zealanders acknowledge the growing importance of Asia. How could anyone with only a cursory knowledge of economic realities disagree? […]

The euro crisis has caused considerable economic and financial damage already. We can now see some of the political and security implications of a weakened Europe. […]