Who needs enemies when you have friends like Orbán and Erdoğan?
Despite the threats of Russia, China, and stagflation, Hungary and Turkey are backstabbing the organisations they belong to – Nato and the EU. [...]
Publications
System in freefall: why NZ children face education tragedy
Young New Zealanders have been let down by an education establishment which, over decades, has run a once world-leading education system into the ground. [...]
Focus on price stability
We need central banks globally to refocus on their core task: price stability. [...]
Germany is stumbling towards an uncertain future
Instead of facing up to the many painful realities, the Germans are still clinging on to some weird rituals – such as filling their ‘summer hole’ with a staged debate. [...]
No trivial pursuit
At the very least, schools should teach students how to read, write and calculate. Our children are wasting their potential if we do not equip them with these skills. [...]
Disaster: the truth behind New Zealand’s full employment
New Zealand has crippled its labour market. Only economic illiterates would celebrate this disaster as full employment. [...]
Paying the price for economic mismanagement
The Government’s economic competence will determine how long and how deep our economic downturn will be. [...]
The Tory Party is over – now for the hangover
Whoever follows Boris Johnson as Conservative leader will have a big task of rebuilding the party and then – if voters allow – the country. [...]
The meaning of independence
New Zealanders must realise that, in a less benign world, an independent foreign policy cannot mean neutrality. And the Prime Minister delivered that message loud and clear. [...]
Even mediocre would be easier to bear: how NZ lost its mojo
For many years, pollsters Roy Morgan and Curia have been asking New Zealanders whether the country is heading in the right direction. Apart from a few months around the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, large majorities of Kiwis have always responded “Yes”. [...]