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When I'm sixty-four🍋
An economic perspective on ageing
5 hrs ago
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Dave Heatley
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Information quality, punishments and income inequality🍋
When information is unreliable, punishment often misses its mark
Aug 17
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Sanket Sen
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ProfAnanish
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What is the value of cycling?🍋
An avid cyclist explores the economics of cycling in New Zealand
Jun 4
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Geoff Simmons
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Social opportunity cost vs. social rate of time preference [part 2/2]🍋
The NZ Treasury's new approach to public-sector discount rates applied to risky projects
May 19
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Martin Lally
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Social opportunity cost vs. social rate of time preference [part 1/2]🍋
The NZ Treasury's new approach to public-sector discount rates applied to risk-free projects
May 19
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Martin Lally
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Has the Treasury produced a lemon?🍋
New discount rates for cost-benefit analysis
Apr 19
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Dieter Katz
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Can the Budget look after itself?🍋
The Treasury’s long-term insights briefing
Apr 14
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Patrick Nolan
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Explode, reuse, recycle🍋
The changing economics of space launch
Apr 5
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Dave Heatley
2
How state capacity (or a lack of it) shaped the pandemic's outcomes🍋
Australia's Pandemic Exceptionalism, by Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden, has lessons for New Zealand too
Feb 8
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Ron Crawford
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KiwiRail myths and realities🍋
KiwiRail is failing to meet even the goals it sets for itself
Dec 22, 2024
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Bronwyn Howell
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We need to talk about KiwiRail🍋
Despite billions “invested” by government, its financial performance continues to deteriorate
Nov 20, 2024
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Bronwyn Howell
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Your average wombat is probably smarter🍋
World Wombat Day gave me the excuse to review the new Apple Intelligence
Oct 28, 2024
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Dave Heatley
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