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Mike Hosking reviews Oliver Hartwich's NZ Herald article on social insurance lessons from Germany

On Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking reviews and reads out parts of Oliver Hartwich's article in the NZ Herald on social insurance lessons from Germany. In the article, Oliver says New Zealanders who have never worked abroad may not appreciate just how much Europeans contribute to their various insurance schemes. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Newstalk ZB - Mike Hosking Breakfast

8 December, 2021

The personal touch denied by impersonal borders

Distance was supposed to be dead. The first dot-com boom promised an end to distance’s tyranny. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

7 December, 2021

Social insurance lessons from Germany

Is there anyone who could be against something as positive sounding as ‘Social Unemployment Insurance’? Social Unemployment Insurance, a scheme the Government is currently developing, evokes compassion and a desire to help those in need. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

NZ Herald

7 December, 2021

Eric Crampton on supermarkets, antitrust and why it is hard for a new entrant to join the NZ market

Eric Crampton discusses supermarkets, antitrust and how government and council rules have made it hard for new entrants to join the NZ market on Radio NZ Nights, hosted by Bryan Crump.

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Dr Eric Crampton

Radio NZ Nights

7 December, 2021

Unemployment insurance is anti-social

In all the excitement over the new ‘Traffic Light System’ and National’s new leader, a big story went almost unnoticed last week. According to the Herald, the Government is about to complete its proposals for unemployment insurance. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Insights Newsletter

3 December, 2021

Podcast: The new German "traffic lights coalition"

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the new German coalition of the centre-left Social Democrats, the free market Free Democrats, and the Greens. What does the new government believe in, and what can we learn from their huge 177-page coalition document? Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Podcast

1 December, 2021

Podcast: The Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan

Matt Burgess talks to Ben Craven about his latest NZ Herald column and submission on the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan. Matt explains why most government policy interventions in the name of climate change cannot reduce emissions as they are already under New Zealand’s emissions cap. Read more

Podcast

29 November, 2021

How to cost taxpayers $6 billion – and counting

It is easy to squander taxpayers’ money if you are a central bank. The losses amount to a few thousand dollars per household, but hardly anyone is aware of it. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM

Insights Newsletter

26 November, 2021

First tell us how your plan works, Minister Shaw

Call climate change a catastrophe. Worry about rising seas if you want. Read more

NZ Herald

24 November, 2021

Three houses of up to three stories, and a supermarket

When land use planning is wrong, it is hard for anything to be right – from housing to supermarkets. Labour and National jointly support legislation allowing people to build more housing. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Insights Newsletter

19 November, 2021

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