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…
Susan St John
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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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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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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…
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Will the true debt figure please stand up.
In the weekend I received this message from an agitated Taxpayers Union: “We don’t normally email our supporters on a…
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Simplistic views of the causes of inflation don’t do the left any favours
Chris Trotter pillories Act’s Brooke Van Velden for her response to Jack Tame in Q+A last Sunday. While Act deserves…
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Is Child Poverty really too hard to cure?
In the NZH editorial (Tuesday 27th Feb) , titled: ”New Zealand is failing our most vulnerable – our children” it…
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The coalition agreement for Working for Families is very weak but tweaks could improve it.
There were two promises in National’s original plan for Working for Families: an extra $25 a week from the In…
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So this is the best we can expect from the Working for Families (WFF)review?
For the last 2 decades critics have seen WFF as discriminatory, poorly designed, far too complex and woefully ineffective in…
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What are we to make of welfare and Working For Families reform now?
Last week in the house, Ricardo Menendez March asked some very pertinent questions in the Estimates Debate – Social Development….
