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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
Following the launch of our immigration report, The New New Zealanders: Why migrants make good Kiwis, co-author Jason Krupp explains that while 125,000 people arrived into New Zealand in a 12 month period, not all of them are here to stay.
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Wellington (21 February 2017): Responding to today’s announcement by the Beehive that the Government’s first social bond will focus on mental health: The New Zealand Initiative welcomes the Government’s commitment to social bonds, and believes the mental health sector is a good area to test the potential for the model. In fact, The Initiative said as much when the government first announced a similar social bond nearly two years ago. Read more
You probably shouldn’t tell your boss you are reading this. If the Initiative’s newsletter regularly gets you worked up, agitated or argumentative then you might be better off comforting yourself by looking at cat pictures. Read more
We're all going to die. We're not all going to die tomorrow, although these days it feels like the apocalypse is looming, but it will happen to all of us. Read more
I am married to an immigrant. It is not something I often need to confront. Read more
Let’s engage in an absurd exercise. Do immigrants, just in coming to New Zealand, make apples more expensive? Read more
Research Fellow Jason Krupp talks to Larry Williams about our immigration report and whether migrants are responsible for pushing up house prices.
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