We are adrift without a vision except one of fiscal rectitude
Today was one of the worst days. I awoke at 5am to do an interview on Ryan Bridges’ Newstalk ZB…
Susan St John
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Was that a state of the nation speech or just a badly written National Party political broadcast?
Luxon’s speech this week chose to ignore the current pressing realities of the nation. These include rampant homelessness, chronic unemployment…
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In election year let’s dump the complexity and support a single goal of reducing child poverty
Who has the faintest idea how Working for Families (WFF) works? More importantly, why it fails to achieve either of…
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MSD consultation : Empowering families: Increasing certainty and preventing debt in the Working for Families scheme. Yeah right.
As I wrote this submission, I felt my life force slowly ebbing away. I had promised I would never again…
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Poor economic policy: history repeats, but a tiny bright light in the Budget Policy Statement 2025
I was proud to take a stand with 14 other economists, led by Ganesh Nana against current fiscal policies that…
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Bigger deficit for Christmas from the deficit buster. Expect higher ACC levies
The Government reduced taxes promising to pay for revenue lost with expenditure cuts. This task is proving very difficult, especially…
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If foodbanks were the answer, can underfunding them be the solution?
To our shame foodbanks are huge growth industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s both a puzzle and contradiction. What economist…
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Ballet dancing is as dangerous as rugby? Or is the complex super structure of levy setting dangerous to much needed 21st century reform of ACC
ACC claims dancing is the seventh most popular recreational activity. It appears that there are lot of injuries from dancing. The…
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We do not need ACC levy increases
Of the multitude of things to complain about and offer resistance to at the moment it seems a real indulgence…
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Just listen to Matthew Hooton and apply market-based technology to solve complex social problems
Families affected by a complex mix of intergenerational poverty, colonisation, illness, trauma and abuse are the subject of great concern…
