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We need better results from social spending
Phil RennieMay 16, 2007The Independant Financial Review

Unlike Paris Hilton though, Finance Minister Michael Cullen doesn’t have to pay for it himself....

Taming New Zealand’s Tax Monster
Phil RennieMay 15, 2007IA87

Since 2000 the amount of tax paid by New Zealanders has increased from $32 billion...

Hey, Big Spender
Phil RennieApril 12, 2007The Salient

Does the Government actually do any good? This might sound like a strange question, but...

Reinventing New Zealand’s Welfare State
Peter SaundersMarch 27, 2007IA85

Government in New Zealand keeps expanding. The main driver has been the inexorable increase in...

New Zealand’s Spending Binge
Phil RennieMarch 15, 2007IA83

Core government spending is now almost $20 billion a year higher than it was in...

Why Tax Cuts Are Good for Growth
Phil RennieOctober 18, 2006IA75

Economic growth involves a number of factors, which are often difficult to isolate. Tax cuts...

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...

Hostility to aspiration and the tall poppy syndrome hold New Zealand back
Luke MalpassDecember 13, 2009The Sunday Star Times

In last week’s Sunday Star Times, Rod Oram wrote a remarkable column slating the 2025...

Kiwi monetary muddle
Stephen KirchnerNovember 23, 2009The Wall Street Journal

New Zealand started a monetary-policy revolution when it introduced inflation targeting in 1989. That innovation...

Smartest Kiwis nest in our warmer climate
Luke MalpassNovember 14, 2009The Newcastle Herald

For the half a million Kiwis living in Australia, the New Zealand government’s goal of...

Life’s joys get a little lost down holes of health-cost analyses
Eric CramptonOctober 21, 2009The Canberra Times

Soon, we’ll see a report showing that the social costs of skiing are in the...

‘Healthist’ doomsayers are spoiling all our fun
Eric CramptonOctober 16, 2009The New Zealand Herald

Sometime soon, we’ll see a report showing that the social costs of skiing are in...

KiwiFail – the ideology of state ownership
Luke MalpassSeptember 11, 2009

When New Zealand’s former Minister of Finance Dr Michael Cullen announced the re-nationalisation of KiwiRail...

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