Baby Boomers

Rising underutilisation and unemployment weigh heavily on young New Zealanders, June quarter labour market data shows

Rising underutilisation and unemployment weigh heavily on young New Zealanders, June quarter labour market data shows

For fifty years, getting ahead meant a single trade: maximum leverage against residential land. Joseph Darby audits the five assumptions the trade left behind, and a replacement rule for each

For fifty years, getting ahead meant a single trade: maximum leverage against residential land. Joseph Darby audits the five assumptions the trade left behind, and a replacement rule for each

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says NZ Super will be an issue that successive governments of all ‘different colours or flavours’ will have to grapple with in the future

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says NZ Super will be an issue that successive governments of all ‘different colours or flavours’ will have to grapple with in the future

Joseph Darby examines the thorny issues of intergenerational wealth transfer

Joseph Darby examines the thorny issues of intergenerational wealth transfer

Radical statism built New Zealand, and only radical statism can restore it, Chris Trotter argues

Radical statism built New Zealand, and only radical statism can restore it, Chris Trotter argues

Withdrawals from KiwiSaver by the over 65s dropped in the past year, even though 13,000 more people were eligible for withdrawals

Withdrawals from KiwiSaver by the over 65s dropped in the past year, even though 13,000 more people were eligible for withdrawals

A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity

A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity

A majority of voters want to tax property investor profits but not other assets

A majority of voters want to tax property investor profits but not other assets

Withdrawals from KiwiSaver by the over 65s have easily more than doubled in the past two years as term deposit rates have soared

Withdrawals from KiwiSaver by the over 65s have easily more than doubled in the past two years as term deposit rates have soared

Chris Trotter argues Shamubeel Eaqub’s fingering of the Baby Boom Generation as the villains of the NZ Superannuation saga is just plain wrong

Chris Trotter argues Shamubeel Eaqub’s fingering of the Baby Boom Generation as the villains of the NZ Superannuation saga is just plain wrong

Chris Trotter assesses the weekend's local government election results, looking at how 'the Right' won and lessons for 'the Left'

Chris Trotter assesses the weekend's local government election results, looking at how 'the Right' won and lessons for 'the Left'

The FMA says the over-65s withdrew nearly $2 billion from KiwiSaver accounts last year

The FMA says the over-65s withdrew nearly $2 billion from KiwiSaver accounts last year

The latest Aussie census shows Millennials are finally catching up with the Baby Boomers - just in time to deal with tumbling house prices, a deteriorating geopolitical outlook & an increasingly unpredictable climate

The latest Aussie census shows Millennials are finally catching up with the Baby Boomers - just in time to deal with tumbling house prices, a deteriorating geopolitical outlook & an increasingly unpredictable climate

Infometrics says millennial first home buyers are signing up for a lifetime of debt and are likely to be much worse off than the baby boomers

Infometrics says millennial first home buyers are signing up for a lifetime of debt and are likely to be much worse off than the baby boomers

Massey University's Paul Spoonley says we need to have a comprehensive and informed discussion about population change and options sooner rather than later

Massey University's Paul Spoonley says we need to have a comprehensive and informed discussion about population change and options sooner rather than later