2005

Corporate “Power” of the Year
If the NZ economy is to get the requisite efficiency to lift living standards above the OECD average it cannot afford to tolerate monopolies in infrastructure behaving counter-productively....
15 December 2005 - markets / regulation - Gareth Morgan

Monetary Policy Frustration
Everybody is convinced our currency is set to plunge. Everybody that doesn't live abroad that is....
8 December 2005 - investment - Gareth Morgan

A Nation of Bludgers
When you have to turn down a pay rise because it makes you worse off, life at work can become pretty miserable....
1 December 2005 - welfare - Gareth Morgan

Graphing “Ideological Burps”
Prejudice in the policy room has led to a higher tax burden on those who cannot escape it. Ideology is what has got Cullen offside with his constituents....
23 November 2005 - taxation - Gareth Morgan

A Bad Workman Blames His Tools
Patience is a virtue for central bankers. Wrong decisions that go uncensured make a mockery of accountability....
16 November 2005 - money markets / policy - Gareth Morgan

Fat Tax
Using tax to discourage socially undesirable behaviour is commonplace. Smoking, riding motorbikes, and booze are examples. Obesity is a national epidemic, taxing the fat is the cure. ...
8 November 2005 - health - Gareth Morgan

Time to Raise Taxes
The Reserve Bank cannot single-handedly, correct the imbalances of inflation and current account. Politicians making irresponsible promises have made things worse....
3 November 2005 - taxation - Gareth Morgan

Blaming the Infirm for their Quandary
Blaming people for getting ill has a lot of merit and the only way the explosive growth in public health spending will be capped....
27 October 2005 - welfare - Gareth Morgan

Play the Wrong Key, Ruin the Song
The hard landing is looming. The Reserve Bank's scope to steer us clear of that scenario is hostage to international capital flows....
20 October 2005 - currency / b. of payments - Gareth Morgan

Let the Engineers do their Dastardly Deed
The government is so busy rearranging the chairs on the deck of the ship of savings and investment, that it's lost sight of the reality that if individuals don't take responsibility for the steerage of their savings and investment decisions they will more likely sink financially anyway....
12 October 2005 - investment - Gareth Morgan

People Matter
An economy that has big swings in population growth rates will have big swings in economic fortune as well. Welcome to NZ....
6 October 2005 - migration - Gareth Morgan

The Imminent Crash of the Kiwi Dollar
Every day deeper in debt. So what? Despite bigger and bigger balance of payments deficits, NZ is basking in the relief lower world interest rates offer....
28 September 2005 - currency / b. of payments - Gareth Morgan

The Unambiguous Election Winner
Let's not be shy, the reality is there's an overwhelming desire by Kiwis to expand government way faster than the economy itself....
22 September 2005 - govt spending / budget - Gareth Morgan