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Cold hard data will not put breakfast on the table. It will not be a source of comfort and advice when there is no one else to talk to. Read more

You already know about Schrödinger’s Cat: the imaginary cat trapped in a box with a device that may, or may not, have already killed the cat. The cat is then simultaneously dead and alive, from the position of someone outside of the box. Read more

“Too often, past governments have judged success only by what they spent, rather than what difference that spending made to people’s lives. Yet changing lives is the whole point.” Prime Minister Bill English did not shy away from acknowledging past government failures in his pre-Budget speech last week. Read more

Resistance to the social bonds pilot has essentially boxed Labour and the Greens into a corner. Social bonds (or Social Impact Bonds as they are known internationally), after all, have traditionally been introduced by left-wing governments. Read more

Microsoft founder Bill Gates copped a lot of criticism for demanding an income tax for robots. That is unfair. Read more

You wouldn’t trust an economist to give you a smear test. So is it reasonable to expect those working in health to grasp economics? Read more