New Zealand topics, economics & policy

Imported modular houses could help to address NZ’s housing affordability crisis🍋

NZ has experienced some of the largest house price increases in the OECD over the last two decades

Jul 13 •

Congestion pricing 2: Alternatives🍋

Congestion pricing is unpopular. But the alternatives face their own trade-offs

Jul 9 •

Martin Rosevear

Environment and economics: A marriage of (in)convenience?🍋

The economic elephants in the room that make environmentalism so much harder than a few slogans

Jun 29 •

The future of our universities🍋

A civilised discussion with genuine enquiry

Jun 22 •

NZ's Green Investment Bank is underperforming🍋

Its ongoing operation is difficult to support on a value for money and decarbonisation basis

Jun 15 •

Congestion pricing 1: theory & history🍋

Long advocated by economists, but with a mixed history of implementation

Jun 8 •

We expect too much from universities🍋

And are they at risk of technological disruption?

May 28 •

Data1850: A treasure trove of data covering two centuries🍋

Long-run data series on NZ economic & demographic variables, freely available

May 21 •

Jason Shoebridge

Members disagree on fiscal stimulus via lower taxes in Budget 2024🍋

Though most members surveyed agreed that reductions in current income taxes could shift the burden of government expenditures to future taxpayers

May 13 •

Dennis Wesselbaum

The transition to EVs🍋

EVs are getting popular, but mass take-up faces some big obstacles. What can the past tell us about the possible future?

Apr 20 •

Pricing and fairness on the Milford Track🍋

$92 per night for a hut is too expensive and unfair, says the NZ Herald. But is a lower price any fairer?

Apr 13 •

Economic resilience: the Productivity Commission’s final inquiry🍋

And an agenda for the new Ministry for Regulation

Mar 23 •

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