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A blueprint to reverse a long-running decline that has consigned generations to unwelcome, and unnecessary, economic and social hardship
Trustees need to ensure they comply with the prudent investor rule and take steps to ensure the trust they manage is set up to avoid potential claims by beneficiaries, says trusts lawyer Tammy McLeod
We are in a sudden deep recession. To understand how we got here, David Slack looks back at the journey so far
Koichi Hamada predicts that economies like Japan will have little choice but to pursue post-pandemic monetary expansion
Willem Buiter warns that Modern Monetary Theory's implicit assumptions could encourage reckless policymaking
Diane Coyle argues that the pandemic has highlighted the irreducibly collective, interconnected character of modern life
Jason Stewart is worried that we have crossed a line by using the Police and health professionals to enforce a community lockdown when he thinks the legal basis was never in place
Auckland Council economists try to find the sweet spot between public transport network reach, fare levels, road congestion and environmental emissions
The Productivity Commission's Sally Garden says the input of all Kiwis is needed to help push out the productivity frontier for Kiwi businesses, and to create a more productive New Zealand
Mariana Mazzucato and Els Torreele say the pandemic creates an opportunity to develop a new, public-interest-based approach to health innovation
Yu Yongding and Kevin Gallagher urge China and the US to see that their common interests currently outweigh their differences
Trust lawyer Tammy McLeod says now is a good time to assess how your existing trust complies with the new trusts law that becomes effective at the start of 2021
Patrick Bolton, et al. say any repayment freeze to help emerging economies withstand COVID-19 must include all private creditors
The National Party's associate finance spokesperson sets out the policy initiatives he will advocate for during the upcoming stages of recovery
Kernel's Dean Anderson, who manages index funds, takes a critical look at the performance of his rivals, active fund managers, as everyone battles through the markets in a pandemic
Russell Jones says the COVID-19 epidemic has to affect the viability of Auckland’s public transport infrastructure investments, and the recent changed behaviour may never fully return
Trust lawyer Tammy McLeod says a large proportion of Trusts are now likely not needed. She backgrounds their rise, their ensuing irrelevance, and identifies the remaining reasons a Trust might still be valuable
Massey's Christoph Schumacher assesses the economic costs of the lockdown on New Zealand and how they would grow under the various levels
Gordon Brown and Larry Summers say early action on debt relief for developing economies will mitigate the global recession and limit the human costs
Mariana Mazzucato shows why only a forward-looking, entrepreneurial state can save the system from itself
Willem Buiter explains why COVID-19 has made comprehensive state intervention in the economy both necessary and urgent
Kiwi in China Joseph Judd says there’s enough evidence available to warrant an urgent review and change in New Zealand’s current stance on the use of face masks
Willem Buiter compares the plans for monetary-financed deficit spending in the United States, Britain and Europe
Motu researchers on bookshops keeping close from a distance, cows and their unique moos, the best pandemic books, the gift of Fitbit data and how civic technology can help stop the pandemic
Murray Grimwood says its time to abandon the ship of modern financial life and lower our expectations to a long-term, energy-sustainable lifestyle that doesn't plunder earth's resources. He sees a different future