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Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part, Craig Elliffe says

Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part, Craig Elliffe says

A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ’s freight transport emissions – why aren’t we doing it?

A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ’s freight transport emissions – why aren’t we doing it?

Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng say without multilateral cooperation and global coordination on fiscal and monetary policies, the world economy could sleepwalk into a recession that would likely trigger more debt and financial crises, as well as proxy wars

Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng say without multilateral cooperation and global coordination on fiscal and monetary policies, the world economy could sleepwalk into a recession that would likely trigger more debt and financial crises, as well as proxy wars

The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?

The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?

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Sagarika Mishra says you can’t beat the bank by paying $1 a day extra on your mortgage. Here’s how compound interest really works

Sagarika Mishra says you can’t beat the bank by paying $1 a day extra on your mortgage. Here’s how compound interest really works

Marta Rychert & Chris Wilkins say lobbying regulations are vital to any well functioning democracy, so it’s time NZ got some

Marta Rychert & Chris Wilkins say lobbying regulations are vital to any well functioning democracy, so it’s time NZ got some

Reserve Bank of Australia revolution: How Jim Chalmers will recraft the RBA for the 21st century

Reserve Bank of Australia revolution: How Jim Chalmers will recraft the RBA for the 21st century

Willem Buiter thinks the return of declining real interest rates will force central banks into the twenty-first century by rolling out CBDCs

Willem Buiter thinks the return of declining real interest rates will force central banks into the twenty-first century by rolling out CBDCs

Report commissioned by tax consultancy OliverShaw argues average effective tax rates increase as the net real economic incomes of households rise

Report commissioned by tax consultancy OliverShaw argues average effective tax rates increase as the net real economic incomes of households rise

NIWA's Craig Stevens on why New Zealand's looking offshore for future renewable energy

NIWA's Craig Stevens on why New Zealand's looking offshore for future renewable energy

Zhang Jun places the Chinese cental government's falling GDP targets in the context of its new economic policy priorities

Zhang Jun places the Chinese cental government's falling GDP targets in the context of its new economic policy priorities

Jim O'Neill thinks renewed speculation about alternative currency arrangements for the US Dollar is generally misplaced

Jim O'Neill thinks renewed speculation about alternative currency arrangements for the US Dollar is generally misplaced

Krishanu Roy says ‘build back better’ requires a framework that focuses on the full life of a house – from materials to its end of life

Krishanu Roy says ‘build back better’ requires a framework that focuses on the full life of a house – from materials to its end of life

Andrew Urquhart & Hossein Jahanshahloo look at what Binance’s US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation

Andrew Urquhart & Hossein Jahanshahloo look at what Binance’s US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation

NZ farmers worry about ‘carbon leakage’ if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game

NZ farmers worry about ‘carbon leakage’ if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game

How far interest rates will fall when inflation abates will depend on the persistence of public debt, on how climate policies are financed and on the extent of deglobalisation, the IMF says

How far interest rates will fall when inflation abates will depend on the persistence of public debt, on how climate policies are financed and on the extent of deglobalisation, the IMF says

Mohammed Soliman traces the broad Indo-Pacific region’s growing integration to the vision of Abe Shinzō, the late Japanese prime minister

Mohammed Soliman traces the broad Indo-Pacific region’s growing integration to the vision of Abe Shinzō, the late Japanese prime minister

Carl Rhodes says the US business & investment culture war over ESG is really an argument over the best way to do capitalism

Carl Rhodes says the US business & investment culture war over ESG is really an argument over the best way to do capitalism

Susan Harris worries the Lake Onslow 2.0 project will become a casualty of climate change

Susan Harris worries the Lake Onslow 2.0 project will become a casualty of climate change

Mike Blackburn sees a very tough year or more ahead for house builders, but he also sees the current stresses as just another correction in a longstanding cycle of boom and bust

Mike Blackburn sees a very tough year or more ahead for house builders, but he also sees the current stresses as just another correction in a longstanding cycle of boom and bust

Mohamed El-Erain thinks the US Fed's miltiplying failures have done serious damage to its reputation and effectiveness

Mohamed El-Erain thinks the US Fed's miltiplying failures have done serious damage to its reputation and effectiveness

Eswar Prasad warns that inflation woes and banking failures are likely to impede global growth beyond this year

Eswar Prasad warns that inflation woes and banking failures are likely to impede global growth beyond this year

Yi Fuxian says that countering adverse demographic trends in China will require Premier Li Qiang to raise the retirement age

Yi Fuxian says that countering adverse demographic trends in China will require Premier Li Qiang to raise the retirement age

Sheep and beef farmers and horticulturalists are now more optimistic about the prospects for the agricultural economy, while dairy farmers are more pessimistic

Sheep and beef farmers and horticulturalists are now more optimistic about the prospects for the agricultural economy, while dairy farmers are more pessimistic