Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Some sobering research on infrastructure

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A wee while back I posted about the outstanding service a modest piece of infrastructure had provided to the Auckland region, and went on ...
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Thursday, 17 March 2016

The Aussies are winning the competition policy game

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Yesterday the Australian government announced that it is going to follow the recommendations of the Harper review of competition policy, a...
Thursday, 10 March 2016

Surprise! Surprise!

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You've seen that the Reserve Bank has unexpectedly cut interest rates by 0.25% and has at least one more 0.25% cut in the pipeline. Fo...
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Wednesday, 9 March 2016

A once in a generation opportunity

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I'm going to be talking about infrastructure, but first let's detour back to August, 1968. President Johnson is waging the Vietnam W...
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Thursday, 3 March 2016

How 'special' are Special Housing Areas?

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Three months ago I went and had a look at a Special Housing Area (SHA) that had been set up not too far away from us in Browns Bay (if you...
Monday, 29 February 2016

Is our monetary policy stance right?

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Having indulged in a little flight of fancy in my previous post about a stonking easing of monetary policy, it's time to get realistic ...
Friday, 26 February 2016

A modest proposal

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The Reserve Bank has been taking some stick recently about not getting inflation up to 2% - you have your choice of posts on Michael Reddell...
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Sovereign irresponsibility

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There was a fine article by Deborah Hart, the executive director of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand, in Mo...