Essays & research

Property rights and competitive prices🍋

Two current flashpoints for the role of government in a market economy

Sep 9 •

Caroline Saunders

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When I'm sixty-four🍋

An economic perspective on ageing

Sep 2 •

Information quality, punishments and income inequality🍋

When information is unreliable, punishment often misses its mark

Aug 17 •

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What is the value of cycling?🍋

An avid cyclist explores the economics of cycling in New Zealand

Jun 4 •

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 •

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 •

Has the Treasury produced a lemon?🍋

New discount rates for cost-benefit analysis

Apr 19 •

Can the Budget look after itself?🍋

The Treasury’s long-term insights briefing

Apr 14 •

Explode, reuse, recycle🍋

The changing economics of space launch

Apr 5 •

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 •

KiwiRail myths and realities🍋

KiwiRail is failing to meet even the goals it sets for itself

Dec 22, 2024 •

We need to talk about KiwiRail🍋

Despite billions “invested” by government, its financial performance continues to deteriorate

Nov 20, 2024 •

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