Brian Easton

Brian Easton wonders what are the economic and political implications if the New Zealand economy stagnates for five and more years?

Brian Easton wonders what are the economic and political implications if the New Zealand economy stagnates for five and more years?

A physician’s memoir describing a successful research program leads Brian Easton to ponder about research funding strategies

A physician’s memoir describing a successful research program leads Brian Easton to ponder about research funding strategies

Brian Easton asks: What can Econ101 tell us about Trump’s tariffs?

Brian Easton asks: What can Econ101 tell us about Trump’s tariffs?

Brian Easton says the Government’s growth strategy seems to have little analytic content

Brian Easton says the Government’s growth strategy seems to have little analytic content

Angus Deaton’s ‘Economics in America’ challenges the direction that economics has taken, writes Brian Easton

Angus Deaton’s ‘Economics in America’ challenges the direction that economics has taken, writes Brian Easton

Brian Easton says winning office is not the same as achieving change

Brian Easton says winning office is not the same as achieving change

Brian Easton wonders why the British Labour Government is penalising its poor

Brian Easton wonders why the British Labour Government is penalising its poor

Brian Easton says we should not assume that all adopted innovations are progressive. Jonathon Haidt’s ‘The Anxious Generation’ illustrates that sometimes they require social measures to enhance well being

Brian Easton says we should not assume that all adopted innovations are progressive. Jonathon Haidt’s ‘The Anxious Generation’ illustrates that sometimes they require social measures to enhance well being

Brian Easton looks at the options for a Government that's hit its borrowing limit but would still like to spend

Brian Easton looks at the options for a Government that's hit its borrowing limit but would still like to spend

Brian Easton on why Government borrowing is limited

Brian Easton on why Government borrowing is limited

Brian Easton examines the inherent failure of the Trump strategy to make America great again

Brian Easton examines the inherent failure of the Trump strategy to make America great again

Brian Easton says the Government’s plans to remove the wellbeing provisions in the Public Finance Act represents a reversal of the way society is travelling

Brian Easton says the Government’s plans to remove the wellbeing provisions in the Public Finance Act represents a reversal of the way society is travelling

Brian Easton says ACT ‘s neoliberals are still trying to sneak in a change to the constitution

Brian Easton says ACT ‘s neoliberals are still trying to sneak in a change to the constitution

Brian Easton says monopsonies – dominant purchasers – need to be restrained as much as monopolies – dominant sellers. That is what pay equity is about

Brian Easton says monopsonies – dominant purchasers – need to be restrained as much as monopolies – dominant sellers. That is what pay equity is about

Brian Easton says even if the 2025 Budget achieves it targets, the 2026 one will struggle, a few months from the next general election

Brian Easton says even if the 2025 Budget achieves it targets, the 2026 one will struggle, a few months from the next general election

Brian Easton says while many of the world’s Christian religions seem preoccupied with personal issues that Jesus, their founder, barely touched upon, they must engage with economic issues too

Brian Easton says while many of the world’s Christian religions seem preoccupied with personal issues that Jesus, their founder, barely touched upon, they must engage with economic issues too

Brian Easton asks whether we should pursue a ‘Golden Rule’ where any public borrowing for consumption is temporary

Brian Easton asks whether we should pursue a ‘Golden Rule’ where any public borrowing for consumption is temporary

Brian Easton has a look at a major US study that suggests Americans are not paying enough attention to the working class

Brian Easton has a look at a major US study that suggests Americans are not paying enough attention to the working class

Brian Easton says the runup to our Budget this year is far from easy

Brian Easton says the runup to our Budget this year is far from easy

Brian Easton reviews the ideas in four eighty-year-old books which are still vitally relevant today, exploring the role of the changing political economy

Brian Easton reviews the ideas in four eighty-year-old books which are still vitally relevant today, exploring the role of the changing political economy

Brian Easton makes a modest attempt to analyse Donald Trump’s tariff policies

Brian Easton makes a modest attempt to analyse Donald Trump’s tariff policies

Brian Easton attempts to unravel the vexed issue of property rights as the Government has another of at tackling the Resource Management Act

Brian Easton attempts to unravel the vexed issue of property rights as the Government has another of at tackling the Resource Management Act

Brian Easton says New Zealand’s economic development has always been a partnership between the public and private sectors

Brian Easton says New Zealand’s economic development has always been a partnership between the public and private sectors

Brian Easton says the price of financial assets reflects the sentiment of those in the market; they may be totally detached from the tangible and objective

Brian Easton says the price of financial assets reflects the sentiment of those in the market; they may be totally detached from the tangible and objective

Brian Easton says generic management undermines the professional culture within an agency

Brian Easton says generic management undermines the professional culture within an agency