When cutting emissions cuts no ice
If we care for effective emissions reductions, we need to understand how the ETS works. Otherwise, we will fail both the environment and the economy. [...]
New Zealand
Effective and affordable – Why the ETS is sufficient to deal with the climate emergency
New Zealand is at risk of spending tens of billions of dollars on policies that will not cut carbon emissions by a single gram. And as for those emissions reductions we do achieve, we will do so at ludicrously inflated costs. [...]
Housing needs supply-side fix
Voters should ask a simple question about any new housing proposal: Will it make it easier to build more homes? If the answer is not “yes,” these are not the policies Australia or New Zealand need to fix our countries’ housing crises. [...]
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. [...]
Good news weeks
In a year of bad news, the past few weeks were a welcome exception. [...]
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. [...]
We don’t know how unlucky we are in NZ
It feels nice to be admired by the world. Yet I would rather live in a country that has honest conversations with itself. [...]
Election result a call to action
Kiwis have made it clear they do not want politics to be a handbrake on escaping the status quo. [...]
Calm in a crisis won’t be enough for a second-term Ardern
Kiwis are an optimistic bunch. That is why they look likely to give Ardern a second chance – and a second term. [...]
Working group enlightenment
New Zealand’s post-modern politicians have moved past the old power philosophy and found nirvana in a place where nothing ever happens and the rulers remain untouchable in power. [...]