“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods,” H.L. Mencken wrote in 1936. Read more

Following the AfD's near-44% result in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, our Executive Director Oliver Hartwich joined Katie Bradford on Ryan Bridges TODAY to unpack what it means for German and European politics. He noted the result reflects a genuine national trend, not just an eastern German quirk, the AfD is currently polling around 29% nationally, well ahead of the CDU and SPD, as Germany's mainstream parties lose ground. Read more

Voting opens today in the most important election of 2026. And no, this is not the General Election. Read more

New Zealand is barely a military power. It has had no combat aircraft for 25 years, and its ageing frigates need replacing. Read more

Over the past couple of weeks, the two major parties have told us about their fiscal policies. Both promise to return the budget to surplus before the end of the decade. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich talks with Michael Laws on The Platform on how to fix our spaghetti diagram public service. Oliver discusses the need to have clearer responsibility lines within our state sector. Read more

On Monday evening, I sat on a panel at Foxglove on Queens Wharf in Wellington, where I was expected to play the neoliberal villain. The Institute for Democratic and Economic Analysis is a think tank devoted to fighting poverty and political exclusion. Read more