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It is too simplistic to only warn of populism. Populist messages may be distasteful, ill-informed or just plain wrong. But they are only symptoms of an underlying malaise of Western democracies.

A decade after legal overhauls pushed more people into work, taxes and overregulation still make good jobs too rare.

If there is one art Prime Minister John Key’s New Zealand government has mastered, it is expectation management. So for its eighth budget, delivered yesterday, expectations were low. Hence nobody was disappointed when Minister of Finance Bill English delivered it.

Eine Landwirtschaft ohne Subventionen ist
nicht nur möglich, sondern auch erfolgreich. Das zeigt das Beispiel Neuseeland.

Three modest proposals for restoring housing affordability.

In Mittelerde gibt es nicht nur Hobbits, Hügel und Vulkane, sondern auch den wohl erfolgreichsten Regierungschef der westlichen Welt.

It is high time we brought policy-making closer to local communities. Let’s follow the British example and end the love affair with centralised control. Let’s allow local councils to take charge of their own matters.

Increased affordability will not make Aucklanders feel richer – but it will make the country better off as a whole.