Employment

8 Sep 17, 10:15am

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The NZ Initiative's Jenesa Jeram on whether social programmes work, the perils of planners, why people don't vote, solving the housing crisis, genetic engineering, hooking up with economists, and more
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Prosperity lost

21 Aug 17, 10:38am

Guest

22 comments

A paper commissioned by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand says inequality threatens to put a fair share of the country’s prosperity out of reach of many New Zealanders
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This week's guest Top 10

4 Aug 17, 10:15am

Tom Coupe

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Tom Coupe on '10 things that amazed me during my first year living in New Zealand' including cold & damp houses, high prices, bare feet & more
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Is low pay growth ok when inflation is very low?

2 Aug 17, 11:23am

David Chaston

40 comments

We look at how well pay packets have grown on an after-inflation basis. And we compare that to how our economy has grown on a 'real' basis
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Unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in June

2 Aug 17, 10:59am

Alex Tarrant

20 comments

Unemployment rate falls to 4.8%; Lowest since start of GFC as potential workers drop out of the labour force; Employment also down during June quarter; NEET rate falls
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'Attitude, not regulation, will do the trick'

20 Jul 17, 4:42pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Paula Bennett sees government guidance and market pressure increasing women's pay; Refuses to oblige companies to disclose their gender pay gaps
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This week's guest Top 10

23 Jun 17, 10:02am

Matt Nolan

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Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 economic principles and capital-labour income shares
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Labour's migration policy 'difficult' for business

13 Jun 17, 9:24am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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BusinessNZ afraid reducing net migration by 20k-30k will see employers struggle to find staff and affect the $4b export education sector, yet it sees Labour's proposal to regionalise skills shortage lists as a positive
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This week's guest Top 10

2 Jun 17, 10:02am

Guest

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Simpson Grierson's Caroline Ferguson on how learning, unlearning and relearning is the way of the future; the upside of shared work spaces; the interaction between law and AI; the rise of freelancers and more
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Party Policies - Labour and Employment - Industrial Relations

27 May 17, 9:20am

Julia Wiener

Election 2017 - Party Policies - Labour and Employment - Industrial Relations
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PM tells firms to cough up if they want to attract workers with the right skills

26 May 17, 5:14pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

43 comments

Prime Minister Bill English admits wage growth isn't 'hot'; Says businesses need to increase pay significantly before complaining about skills shortages
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The Great Reset; What will it mean & how should you invest?

25 May 17, 11:30am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin argues the entire world is entering 'the Great Reset,' a period of enormous and unpredictable volatility in all asset classes & what he thinks investors should do about it
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Housing & healthcare seen as key Budget issues

23 May 17, 12:25pm

Gareth Vaughan

Poll suggests New Zealanders view housing and healthcare as the two key issues for Finance Minister Steven Joyce to address in this week's Budget
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Employing alternative facts

15 May 17, 10:44am

Eric Crampton

27 comments

The NZ Initiative's Eric Crampton says it is a massive mistake to point to unemployment figures and blame immigrants for what unemployment is still out there
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Labour: Unemployment to 4% in first term

13 May 17, 1:39pm

Alex Tarrant

46 comments

Labour promises to reduce unemployment to 4% within first term of leading government; Robertson takes swipe at those discussing race in immigration debate, says inflows need managing
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Unemployment falls to 4.9%

3 May 17, 10:55am

Alex Tarrant

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NZ unemployment rate falls to 4.9% in March; Jobs growth exceeds boost in working age population; economists don't see any immediate interest rate reaction from the RBNZ
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Big NZ media merger torpedoed

3 May 17, 8:42am

David Hargreaves

3 comments

Commerce Commission rules that NZ media giants Fairfax and NZME should not be allowed to get together
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This week's guest Top 10

28 Apr 17, 10:02am

Oliver Hartwich

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The New Zealand Initiative's Oliver Hartwich on liberalism in the trenches, elusive grains of sand, Islamic fashion, an apparently unfunny German, the decline of the white working class American man and more
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Baby steps on migration

19 Apr 17, 4:02pm

David Hargreaves

27 comments

The Government's changes to migration settings are a move in the right direction - but much more is needed
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This week's guest Top 10

14 Apr 17, 10:56am

Guest

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Motu researchers on the utter uselessness of job interviews, the ethical challenge facing AI, twelve questions for 2017, putting a price tag on diversity, how globalisation affected manufacturing - plus lawyer, lawyer your pants are on fire and more
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