Government the real obstacle to supermarket competition
Only free entry into the retail market would tell us if there is enough supermarket competition in New Zealand. [...]
The New Zealand Herald
When central bankers want to be politicians
Once upon a time, central bankers did not tweet. And perhaps that was just as it should be. [...]
The problem with Climate Commission chair Rod Carr’s economic argument
The problem with economics is that it often uses a language that non-economists do not speak. But economists should know better. [...]
Reserve Bank is coming full circle
If experience is anything to go by, the new RBNZ era will end in tears and inflation and it will take another Minister of Finance, and another RBNZ Governor, to clean up the mess. [...]
NZ’s labour markets have worked well, why overthrow them?
"Fair Pay Agreements" will make us more European than Europe, but not in a good way. [...]
The politics of legal sausage-making
The business of legislation is murky. As the saying goes, “Laws are like sausages: Better not to see them being made”. [...]
Don’t know much about history?
New Zealand students deserve a better understanding of history, including their own but not limited to it. [...]
The coming monetary crisis in Europe
Europe's crisis was bad but not as bad as it could have been. Still, the worst is yet to come. [...]
An open letter to Mike Hosking on housing
Bad government policies are the main reason housing is unaffordable. Said differently, if government wants to make housing more affordable, it could do so simply by getting out of the way. [...]
In search of Kiwi excellence
Kiwis have mothballed their ambition. We have forgotten about growing the pie so we can share it. We have given up on excellence in favour of wellbeing, kindness and not rocking the boat. [...]