Year: 2021

Would we really like to end up with an arrangement that puts a massive wedge between people’s gross and net incomes? A system, by the way, that also harms employment outcomes, especially for the most vulnerable? […]

Were the innocently titled ‘social unemployment insurance’ better understood, the project would be gone by lunchtime. […]

The best thing about the German coalition document is that it shows the three parties are able to work together. Though not magical, it is a good start. […]

We do not want to return to Jane Austen’s times when class and background determined a child’s success in education and life. […]

If this Government has a long-term vision, it keeps it to itself. But whatever it is, Kiwis deserve to know it – and to figure out if they like where the Government wants to lead them. […]

After simmering for many months, the Belarusian-organised refugee crisis is heating up in the Eastern European cold. […]

With Jens Weidmann’s imminent departure, the ECB will lose its most hawkish governor. The move will also symbolise the ECB’s transition into a less stability-oriented institution – right when high inflation expectations in Europe are taking hold. […]

Sometimes, when the Legislature is in session, good policy may indeed be the outcome. […]