When Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron teamed up a year ago for the Christchurch Call to tackle violent extremist content online, many were sceptical about her approach. The Prime Minister sought global consensus and common action on the problem. Many of the...
Cody Cooper is right. Of the 50-odd submissions on the proposed new financial institution conduct legislation only his (or hers) is inarguably correct. The rest of the submitters can be roughly divided into two camps: those explicitly caught by the Financial Markets (...
There has been some excitement in the region at news that China is open to consideration of membership of Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement.I advise caution.Superficial appeal At a superficial level a change in China’s official...
President Ronald Reagan’s pet economist was Arthur Laffer - he of the eponymous, fantastical Laffer Curve. General Pinochet in Chile favoured Milton Friedman and his ‘Chicago Boys’. In New Zealand, Sir Roger Douglas’s favourite economist was Roger Douglas.But of all the leaders w...