Brian Easton

Brian Easton says if the Housing Minister's strategy works it would transform the housing market

Brian Easton says if the Housing Minister's strategy works it would transform the housing market

Brian Easton says there are lessons about international trade to be learned from Brexit, especially as it is very unusual for an economy to break so completely from its major trading partner

Brian Easton says there are lessons about international trade to be learned from Brexit, especially as it is very unusual for an economy to break so completely from its major trading partner

Brian Easton explains the background to how the government got into its cancer drugs muddle

Brian Easton explains the background to how the government got into its cancer drugs muddle

Brian Easton says evaluating the impact of social policies will be very difficult but the government does not seem to be doing much real evaluation

Brian Easton says evaluating the impact of social policies will be very difficult but the government does not seem to be doing much real evaluation

Brian Easton examines the Coalition Government's 'muddle on' strategy

Brian Easton examines the Coalition Government's 'muddle on' strategy

Brian Easton says the Coalition Government has already used up what first-term room it had in the economy

Brian Easton says the Coalition Government has already used up what first-term room it had in the economy

Brian Easton is impressed by how effective the Taxpayers' Union has been. He looks at their recipe of how to run a successful pressure group

Brian Easton is impressed by how effective the Taxpayers' Union has been. He looks at their recipe of how to run a successful pressure group

Brian Easton notes the 2018 Social Security Act suggests Labour has retreated to the minimalist (neo-liberal) welfare state which has developed out of the Richardson-Shipley ‘redesign’

Brian Easton notes the 2018 Social Security Act suggests Labour has retreated to the minimalist (neo-liberal) welfare state which has developed out of the Richardson-Shipley ‘redesign’

Brian Easton offers an economic perspective on the Fast Track Approvals Bill

Brian Easton offers an economic perspective on the Fast Track Approvals Bill

Brian Easton says Statistics NZ focusing on administrative data and abandoning the census could be seen as symbolic of a narrowing remit; hopefully that is not Stats NZ’s intention

Brian Easton says Statistics NZ focusing on administrative data and abandoning the census could be seen as symbolic of a narrowing remit; hopefully that is not Stats NZ’s intention

Brian Easton wonders whether the economy is in another long stagnation - and if so, why?

Brian Easton wonders whether the economy is in another long stagnation - and if so, why?

Brian Easton says it's all very well cutting the backrooms of public agencies but it may compromise the frontlines

Brian Easton says it's all very well cutting the backrooms of public agencies but it may compromise the frontlines

Brian Easton makes the case for a Universal Family Benefit as a way to reduce child poverty, which he says could reduce child poverty at no extra fiscal cost

Brian Easton makes the case for a Universal Family Benefit as a way to reduce child poverty, which he says could reduce child poverty at no extra fiscal cost

Brian Easton casts an eye over the general calls for higher economic growth. He wants to see more focus on addressing economic bottlenecks, but can't find evidence less regulation delivers higher growth

Brian Easton casts an eye over the general calls for higher economic growth. He wants to see more focus on addressing economic bottlenecks, but can't find evidence less regulation delivers higher growth

Independent economist Brian Easton asks; Do we treat the government finances with the common sense that household’s manage theirs?

Independent economist Brian Easton asks; Do we treat the government finances with the common sense that household’s manage theirs?

Independent economist Brian Easton says budget tensions are becoming evident within the Coalition Government

Independent economist Brian Easton says budget tensions are becoming evident within the Coalition Government

Independent economist Brian Easton wonders if Nicola Willis is hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition

Independent economist Brian Easton wonders if Nicola Willis is hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition

What seemed a booming success a couple of years ago has collapsed into fraud convictions, independent economist Brian Easton writes

What seemed a booming success a couple of years ago has collapsed into fraud convictions, independent economist Brian Easton writes

Independent economist Brian Easton says households with children are more likely to have mortgages, so they are likely to be hit more heavily by the rise in interest rates

Independent economist Brian Easton says households with children are more likely to have mortgages, so they are likely to be hit more heavily by the rise in interest rates

Independent economist Brian Easton looks at the sorry story of earthquake-prone buildings

Independent economist Brian Easton looks at the sorry story of earthquake-prone buildings

Independent economist Brian Easton says public policy towards tobacco consumption remains politically sensitive

Independent economist Brian Easton says public policy towards tobacco consumption remains politically sensitive

Independent economist Brian Easton says Christopher Luxon has to address the need to maintain and enhance New Zealand’s social cohesion

Independent economist Brian Easton says Christopher Luxon has to address the need to maintain and enhance New Zealand’s social cohesion

Independent economist Brian Easton says the New Zealand economy is struggling and he believes the new government will struggle to implement its economic promises

Independent economist Brian Easton says the New Zealand economy is struggling and he believes the new government will struggle to implement its economic promises

Brian Easton reviews the work of Robert Solow, a Nobel prize-winning economist who transformed the way we think about economic growth

Brian Easton reviews the work of Robert Solow, a Nobel prize-winning economist who transformed the way we think about economic growth

Independent economist Brian Easton finds the incoming Minister of Finance politically cavalier and misleading with her early judgments, not the sort of qualities a senior minister with financial responsibilities should be displaying

Independent economist Brian Easton finds the incoming Minister of Finance politically cavalier and misleading with her early judgments, not the sort of qualities a senior minister with financial responsibilities should be displaying