Opinion

23 Oct 18, 9:50am

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Stephen Roach points to global and domestic factors aligning to push up US prices faster than the Fed may expect, vexing everyone in an interconnected world
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Labour economists - all you need is love?

22 Oct 18, 10:58am

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Fathom Consulting's Andrew Harris channels Beatles songs to explain why understanding the Beveridge Curve is key what labour economics is all about
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Milk, melamine and China Mengniu

22 Oct 18, 9:16am

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Nikko's Peter Monson takes a look at China's milk powder scandal through an ESG lens to see what it takes to find investment opportuniity in these types of scandals
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Making fixing child poverty an economic priority

21 Oct 18, 7:41am

David Chaston

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Unlike the worsening average OECD situation, New Zealand is making small progress with child poverty. But it's not enough by miles. We need to rid ourselves of vanity projects and focus on this core, urgent problem
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Stadium vs university, or something else? What's best for Auckland's waterfront?

21 Oct 18, 6:02am

Gareth Vaughan

44 comments

With the concept of an Auckland waterfront stadium back in the news, Gareth Vaughan argues the debate should be broadened out to include building a university
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The cockroach that won't die

20 Oct 18, 7:11am

Jenée Tibshraeny

68 comments

Jami-Lee Ross staying in Parliament is a nightmare for National but a lifeline for Simon Bridges - at this stage, says Jenée Tibshraeny
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This week's guest Top 10

19 Oct 18, 10:00am

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Former Green MP and responsible investment advocate Barry Coates on the top 10 ways climate change and sustainability are changing our economic outlook
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No more money in envelopes, please

18 Oct 18, 10:59am

David Hargreaves

99 comments

David Hargreaves suggests that if we want to get something positive out of this week's National Party meltdown, we should urgently consider changes to the way our political parties are funded
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Pressure increasing on NZ to consider some form of digital tax

17 Oct 18, 3:00pm

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EY's Matthew Hanley argues the Government should consider the design of a potential digital equalisation tax
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Planning our future

17 Oct 18, 11:08am

David Hargreaves

15 comments

David Hargreaves says the NZ Super Fund's warning that we must not 'lose our nerve' in the face of short-term investment losses needs to be taken to heart by a nation still struggling to understand risk, reward and diversification
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The next construction crisis?

17 Oct 18, 10:25am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens says warning bells are starting to ring over the level of new tourism and hotel building. The risk is for a substantial overshoot
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Pumping it up

15 Oct 18, 11:44am

David Hargreaves

23 comments

We face the apparently contradictory situation in which inflation is strongly rising and yet the Reserve Bank will keep the possibility of interest rate cuts on the table
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Will they or won't they?

11 Oct 18, 1:47pm

David Hargreaves

35 comments

There's some expectation the Reserve Bank might loosen mortgage lending restrictions next month - but the 'evidence' either supportive or against such a move is is not definitive
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When kindness meets tough reality

11 Oct 18, 8:48am

Peter Dunne

19 comments

Peter Dunne says when the Govt Budget is in surplus, the focus comes much more onto the quality and overall value of the new spending being proposed, and that requires Ministers to make some very strong judgements
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Stagflation anyone?

9 Oct 18, 11:16am

David Hargreaves

69 comments

David Hargreaves ponders where the turbulent forces of a falling dollar, rising fuel prices and falling business confidence may take us
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Energy, the root of all wealth. Part 2; Looking forward

9 Oct 18, 10:39am

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54 comments

Murray Grimwood, aka interest.co.nz commentator Power Down Kiwi, says NZ needs a strategic plan with all-party political support to achieve energy resilience
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What is Jacinda Ardern’s big idea?

8 Oct 18, 4:20pm

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48 comments

Max Rashbrooke for The Spinoff attempts, as the Labour-led government approaches its first birthday, to divine whether there is a coherent ideological direction
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Investing in the sustainability of the future

6 Oct 18, 11:38am

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6 comments

An affluent Chinese middle class will demand innovation in food safety, smarter food production and distribution. Food technology provides a huge opportunity to invest and shape a sustainability farming future
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The trouble and strife of becoming a wife

6 Oct 18, 10:21am

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60 comments

Joanna Davies makes the case for bucking tradition (which is based on some very dodgy values) and keeping her surname after she is married
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Asia’s strongmen and their weak economies

5 Oct 18, 9:13am

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Do authoritarian rulers deliver better economic results? Jayato Ghosh says Asia’s autocrats, from India to the Philippines, are presiding over increasingly fragile states and even more vulnerable economies
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