ANALYSIS: Taking a look at where New Zealand slots in the United Nations Human Development Index.
ANALYSIS: If New Zealand switches to a future-proof ‘build-better’ approach we will seize rather than lose opportunities.
ANALYSIS: An outright statement that increasing the floor of what workers can earn will create pressure on prices and lead to further inflation is short-sighted.
ANALYSIS: A closer look at how inflation is measured.
ANALYSIS: Value cannot entirely be captured by revenue, profits, and employment.
ANALYSIS: 2022 was tumultuous. Will 2023 follow suit, or is there a little more certainty in the path ahead?
ANALYSIS: It seems as if I might have to work until lunchtime on the day of my funeral.
ANALYSIS: Is it too little, too late? The free-market economist in me says yes, although the RBNZ probably begs to differ.
ANALYSIS: The focus should be on increasing household income, not through government grants and subsidies.
ANALYSIS: Christoph Schumacher is not proposing to revolutionise tax system but add some economics to the debate.