Free to booze
I leaned at the bench, feeling exhausted. Looking around, I could tell they were all feeling much the same. Read more
9 December, 2016
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Protecting consumers from themselves (and each other)
Once upon a time, in a previous life it now seems, I wrote a doctoral thesis on the law and economics of advertising regulation. One of the fun facts I still remember is a paradox in people’s attitudes towards advertising. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
18 November, 2016
Nights' Pundit with Dr Eric Crampton
Head of Research Dr Eric Crampton discusses inequality and poverty in New Zealand following the release of our report, The Inequality Paradox: Why inequality matters even though it has barely changed. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
8 November, 2016
Media release: NZ Initiative applauds Human Rights Commission Report
Wellington (7 November 2016): The New Zealand Initiative welcomes and supports The Human Rights Commission’s call for greater protection for citizen’s property rights in New Zealand” said executive director, Dr Oliver Hartwich. The Initiative’s Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, adds, “The NZHRC’s reminder that property rights are human rights could not have a better exemplar than the Christchurch Red Zone. Read more
7 November, 2016
Is reality optional in academia?
In an NBR article last week I wrote about scams in the form of public misinformation about economic inequality in New Zealand. The first one I mentioned was the assertion that inequality here has risen faster than in any other country “in recent years”. Read more
Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
4 November, 2016
A forest of inequality
If income inequality is not rising in New Zealand, but enough voters think it is, do inequality concerns still matter? This week The New Zealand Initiative released The Inequality Paradox: Why inequality matters even though it has barely changed. Read more
21 October, 2016
Exposing the inequality scam
The public is constantly told income inequality is rising and the government should do something. A recent NZ Listener article asserted inequality had risen faster “in recent years” than in almost any other developed country. Read more
Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
21 October, 2016
Media release: Housing crisis the root of inequality
Wellington (18 October 2016): New Zealand’s inequality crisis is actually a housing crisis, a new report by The New Zealand Initiative says. Launched today, ‘The Inequality Paradox: Why inequality matters even though it has barely changed’ finds that too many New Zealanders are suffering real hardship, and this is largely due to very high housing costs. Read more
18 October, 2016
Jenesa Jeram discusses the Initiative's new report on inequality
Co-author Jenesa Jeram discusses the Initiative's new report, The Inequality Paradox: Why inequality matters even though it has barely changed There is an inequality paradox in New Zealand. Despite increasingly frequent newspaper headlines on inequality, the data shows that inequality in income and inequality in consumption have not changed substantially for at least a decade. Read more
18 October, 2016
Pragmatism not idealism
A motto I live by is to hope for the best but expect the worst. As such, I was disappointed but not surprised to hear immigration minister Michael Woodhouse announce this week that the government is getting tougher on immigration policy. Read more
Dr Rachel Hodder
14 October, 2016