National Business Review

Forget about land value taxes. New Zealand needs an overhaul of both the planning system and the financing of local infrastructure.

Britain’s sugar tax is pure political circus. It is a sweet distraction from the more pressing, serious and important issues of government. And it won’t work.

The rise of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg should provide food for thought to the Greens – and perhaps even more so to National.

If your company has a diversity policy and culture, if you are trying to do what is right and if you believe in diversity because it matches your company’s values, congratulations. That it might not automatically strengthen the bottom line does not make it any less morally worthy.

How do you escape this regulatory maze? Unfortunately, not even a regulatory veteran like Sir Roderick has a magic wand to cut out an escape path.

As if Europe did not have enough problems to deal with before the refugee crisis, it is now faced with an even greater challenge: To deal with millions of underqualified migrants.

To sell the benefits of economic integration, free trade and the free flow of capital, New Zealand also needs to reaffirm its national identity.

Europe is suffering from some strange delusions that are less apparent when you live there. That is because certain beliefs and self-images are repeated until they can no longer be questioned without turning yourself into a political pariah. In my new essay, ‘Why Europe Failed’, I am dealing with some of them.