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Oliver Hartwich

About

Dr Oliver Hartwich is the executive director of the NZ Initiative, "a think tank that is a membership organisation; an association of business leaders that is also a research institute."

He is a German-born economist and former Chief Economist at Policy Exchange, Britain’s leading independent think tank. He was a Research Fellow in the Economics Program at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney and wrote, among many other things, a weekly column for the Australian Business Spectator.

He is also a member of the Economic Society of Australia, the Foreign Correspondents' Association, the Mont Pelerin Society and the German journalistic network Die Achse des Guten.

Member for

9 years 6 months

Latest articles

Oliver Hartwich wants to see a local government finance system that rewards councils that go for growth and punish those that inhibit development
27th Oct 14, 7:51am
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Oliver Hartwich wants to see a local government finance system that rewards councils that go for growth and punish those that inhibit development
Oliver Hartwich on NZ's rock star economy, violent shocks for global economy, Germany the sick man of Europe, the wrong economics, Dilbert and more
17th Oct 14, 10:03am
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Oliver Hartwich on NZ's rock star economy, violent shocks for global economy, Germany the sick man of Europe, the wrong economics, Dilbert and more
Oliver Hartwich questions the value of global talkfests held by the likes of the G20 & IMF. He says we shouldn't treat their summits as important
13th Oct 14, 9:36am
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Oliver Hartwich questions the value of global talkfests held by the likes of the G20 & IMF. He says we shouldn't treat their summits as important
Outright majority gives Key an unprecedented opportunity to pursue much needed reforms if he can ignore thoughts of a fourth term
22nd Sep 14, 12:28pm
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Outright majority gives Key an unprecedented opportunity to pursue much needed reforms if he can ignore thoughts of a fourth term
Friday's Top 10: The taxes that enslave Europeans, Gothenburg's 6 hour working day on ice, the FIFA monopoly, global warming to eliminate red hair? Dilbert and more
11th Jul 14, 10:30am
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Friday's Top 10: The taxes that enslave Europeans, Gothenburg's 6 hour working day on ice, the FIFA monopoly, global warming to eliminate red hair? Dilbert and more