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

Okay, so economists disagree on complex questions.

Unless there is some intrinsic value in government officials, central bankers and their advisors talking to each other, there is precious little that our global economic diplomacy has to show for.

Key has proved himself to be an exceptionally skilled politician, especially when operating with slim majorities.

Economic forecasts were, of course, only invented to make weather forecasters look better.

New Zealand affords itself the luxury of treating overseas investment as a privilege rather than as a necessary and desirable means of better integrating ourselves with the world, so as to make the most of what it has to offer.

This week, American airlines demonstrate how markets respond to changing scarcity levels.

As lawyers have known since Donoghue v Stevenson, producers should not add dead snails to bottles of ginger beer or they can be liable for neglecting their duty of care.