Opinion

The 3 key issues for any Labour govt appointed tax working group

20 Sep 17, 8:55am

Terry Baucher looks into what the agenda should be for a tax working group, who the group's members could be, and whose interests they should consider
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Coping with the weight on its shoulders

19 Sep 17, 12:01pm

David Hargreaves

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The housing market is bearing up surprisingly well; the real question now is whether it will be 'left alone' or not after the election
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Coping with China's movable feast

19 Sep 17, 9:41am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says Chinese domestic players are now having a bigger influence on what foreign companies need to do to succeed in China
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RIP to bipartisan consensus on trade policy with housing at the centre of the debate

18 Sep 17, 10:49am

Brian Fallow

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Brian Fallow looks at the breakdown of bipartisan consensus on trade policy and what this means, or might mean, for the sale of residential properties to overseas buyers
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Time for clarity on Labour’s labour policy

18 Sep 17, 10:00am

Eric Crampton

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The NZ Initiative's Eric Crampton is pleased the Labour Party has clarified its tax policy and now wants more detail on the party's plans for labour relations
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Advantage Labour

17 Sep 17, 6:02am

Alex Tarrant

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With a week to go, Alex Tarrant reckons it’s advantage Labour; National’s still in it – why a few thousand voters could be the difference; Also, what would Winston want, and could the 'London vote' be the final straw for changing the govt?
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On tax and fiscal policy, and Labour's Working Group

16 Sep 17, 10:19am

Michael Reddell

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Michael Reddell offers up his thoughts on the tax and fiscal policy debates of the past few weeks; He discusses the Nordic tax system, deficits vs surpluses, and Labour's Tax Working Group
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Why we should stop using GDP to measure the success of migration policy

16 Sep 17, 6:02am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Jenée Tibshraeny teases out an economic theory for why migration policy should be driven by well-being not GDP growth
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This week's guest Top 10

15 Sep 17, 10:00am

Guest

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Climate change advocate Paul Young on: Who broke the climate? Counting the cost of the weather, trying to balance the carbon emissions budget, why China is a big hope, NZ's inconvenient truth & more
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A Beijing Top Ten

14 Sep 17, 5:02am

David Chaston

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David Chaston was in China recently and offers ten perspectives on a rising power that will increasingly dominate how we see our place in the world
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Election 2017 neck and neck

13 Sep 17, 1:33pm

Alex Tarrant

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National may have steadied the ship this past week with its tax attacks on Labour; Alex Tarrant reviews the polls, potential coalitions and what we've seen on the campaign trail the last few days
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China’s One Belt One Road in the global economy

12 Sep 17, 8:31am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says we should expect a lot more discussions around when and how we can observe ‘outcomes’ from OBOR activities
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New Government a test for the housing market

11 Sep 17, 4:20pm

David Hargreaves

108 comments

After years of hands-off tactics from central government, whatever hue of administration takes over after September 23 is likely to be more interventionist in the housing market
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Canterbury back in limelight pre-election

11 Sep 17, 11:31am

Andrew Hooker

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Insurance lawyer takes aim at Insurance Council for shooting down Labour's proposal to form a Canterbury quake tribunal
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Labour has a choice, National has a chance

10 Sep 17, 6:02am

Alex Tarrant

129 comments

Labour is now in a position of choice. The ball is in National’s court to respond, perhaps with a lurch across the centre line, Alex Tarrant writes
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The key issues

8 Sep 17, 10:41pm

admin

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Roy Morgan Research updates its polling on what the real issues are. They are dominated by ‘Poverty and the gap between the rich and poor’, ‘House prices & Housing affordability’ and ‘Housing shortages & Homelessness’ as the vote nears
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This week's guest Top 10

8 Sep 17, 10:15am

Guest

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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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Another day, another Labour tax exemption

7 Sep 17, 10:06am

Alex Tarrant

344 comments

Labour has 'clarified' that any land tax that may or may not be recommended by its Tax Working Group, won't be allowed to apply to land under the family home, which also won't be covered by a CGT that may or may not be recommended
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Let's get over this

5 Sep 17, 3:21pm

Alex Tarrant

115 comments

National was wrong on Labour's fiscals; But it was always going to come because it allows English and Joyce to talk up their main campaign attack on Labour: Tax. We all need to get over it, Alex Tarrant says
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How is the average New Zealander doing financially?

5 Sep 17, 11:35am

Brian Fallow

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Brian Fallow takes a pre-election look at income and consumer spending data to get an idea of how the average New Zealander is doing financially
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