Insights
Mastering the art of Democracy
Mastering ‘Democracy’ was easier than I had thought. I just had to leave all my principles and beliefs behind.
Year: 2021
The New Zealand Herald
Don’t know much about history?
New Zealand students deserve a better understanding of history, including their own but not limited to it.
Insights
The government’s housing toolbox
We can only hope that the replacement of the RMA will give the government new tools for its housing toolbox.
Newsroom
EU vaccines disaster shreds Commission’s credibility
The EU’s vaccination procurement has been an unmitigated disaster. But will anyone take responsibility?
Uncategorised
The Tacitus temptation
Anyone wishing for an anti-Trump, an anti-Johnson or an anti-Bolsonaro could not dream up a more impressive figure like Jacinda Ardern. If she did not exist, she would have to be invented.
Insights
Simulation of life
After many attempts at ‘Democracy’, I am happy to cut our political leaders some slack. I would never want their job.
Insights
Budgeting analysis
Cost-benefit analysis, often loathed by Ministers, serves the public interest. It puts an onus on officials to show a project can plausibly deliver tangible and intangible benefits which are large enough to justify costs.