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Fighting inflation is and should be a primary goal of the Reserve Bank. Inflation decreases the incentive to save, misallocates resources, interacts with the tax system in pernicious ways, distorts the information conveyed by market prices, increases uncertainty, and redistributes income arbitrarily. Read more
This collection of speeches and articles is the third in a series produced by the New Zealand Business Roundtable. The material in this volume is concerned with New Zealand's economic future. Read more
The NZBR has participated in reviews of New Zealand's disaster insurance arrangements because of the importance which it attaches to the establishment of an adequate set of policies to mitigate the economic consequences of a major disaster. Risk management techniques such as disaster insurance form part of this set of policies. Read more
Recent reviews of New Zealand education have made a strong case for greater decentralisation of education administration and self-management of individual public schools. The changes recommended include the establishment of local boards of trustees, agreed charters for each school and the deregulation of decision making over school operations. Read more
Scientific findings on the 'greenhouse' hypothesis are much less certain than implied in the paper prepared by officials. There is no agreement among scientists as to the existence or potential severitty of the hypothesised effect. Read more
This report reviews and evaluates the options for changing the financing and delivery of health care in New Zealand. Our analysis is motivated by widespread dissatisfaction with the level and quality of services produced by the current system, and particularly by the public hospitals. Read more
This report looks into more efficient and equitable means of reducing the potential for discrimination in employment relations. Read more
This study uses a comparative approach in order to identify priorities for social security and welfare reform in New Zealand. Read more
In September 1989, the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) and Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc. (FFNZ) published a comprehensive analysis of ports and shipping reform. Read more
The origin of this study was an invitation by the New Zealand Business Roundtable to come to New Zealand and think about revamping immigration policy so that it might better fit in with the now fairly deregulated, outward‐looking economic environment in New Zealand. This was a somewhat risky proposition in that ʹparachute expertsʹ may get things badly wrong when they deal with such intricate matters as immigration. Read more