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Free to Work. The liberalisation of New Zealand’s labour market
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 1, 1996PM32

In 1902 New Zealand’s first Minister of Labour, Pember Reeves, described the Australasian states as...

Contestable Funding: A New Deal for Research and Development in New Zealand
Veronica JacobsenJuly 1, 1991PM19

One of the first substantive measures of public sector reform undertaken by the 1984-1990 Labour...

Mine by Rights or Right to Mine? Mining Policy in New Zealand
Veronica JacobsenMarch 20, 1991CIS

Minerals, the land above them and the surrounding environment are scarce resources. If they are...

Reflections on Privatisation
Roderick DeaneMarch 3, 1991OP32

Although privatisation of state-owned enterprises made great progress in New Zealand and elsewhere throughout the...

The Inequity of ‘Pay Equity’. Comparable worth policy in New Zealand
Penelope J BrookAugust 1, 1990NZPP1

In New Zealand as in many other Western countries, pressure for women’s groups has increased...

Rogernomics. Reshaping New Zealand’s economy
Simon WalkerMarch 26, 1989NZCIS

Between 1984 and 1988, the Fourth Labour Government undertook the most comprehensive and far-reaching revisions...

Flight of the Kiwi: Addressing the Brain Drain
Andrew Patterson, David Kirk, Don Turkington, Luke MalpassMarch 27, 2012PF22

In early 2009, the NZ government established the 2025 Taskforce to provide recommendations on closing...

The Decade-long Binge: How Government Squandered Ten Years of Economic Prosperity
Luke MalpassNovember 17, 2011IA128

Politicians in New Zealand are wedded to the idea of the activist state, but despite...

Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic
Luke MalpassMay 26, 2011PM118

Liquor reform has become a political hot potato in New Zealand. Social problems caused by...

Superseding MMP: Real Electoral Reform for New Zealand
Luke MalpassMarch 16, 2010PM109

After 13 years of Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation, Prime Minister John Key has said...

KiwiRail: Doomed to Fail?
Luke MalpassSeptember 10, 2009IA115

Government ownership cannot and will not ‘fix’ rail in New Zealand.  Luke Malpass argues that...

Supersize New Zealand : A Collection of Essays on How to Improve New Zealand’s Public Policy
Luke MalpassSeptember 9, 2009PF17

This collection of essays from the Centre for Independent Studies show that increased regulation and...

Australian tax system inspires NZ Labour
Luke MalpassJuly 15, 2011

The NZ Labour Party has been languishing in the polls ever since it lost government...

A Key visit for New Zealand
Luke MalpassJune 24, 2011

It was disappointing that Prime Minister John Key’s visit to Australia was dominated by breathless...

Stop pricing young workers out of the labour force
Eric CramptonJune 10, 2011The Dominion Post

If the Government said that the minimum price for a new car were $50, nobody...

Populist streak waters down NZ alcohol policy
Luke MalpassMay 27, 2011

As the New Zealand government continues to grapple with the vexing issue of alcohol regulation,...

The long sleepy drift into federation
May 20, 2011

New Zealand has long been imbued with a soft socialism combined with a ‘she’ll be...

The Don reignites the war of ideas
May 13, 2011Spectator

Margaret Thatcher is famously said to have banged a copy of F.A. Hayek’s seminal work...

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