Gordon Campbell on Nicola Willis and her surplus fetish
So…. according to the Treasury, we’ll have to borrow $17.1 billion by June 2028, to help fund ( among other things) a nearly $10 billion […]
Economics
Gordon Campbell on British apologies and interest rate fiddling
In the 1990s, the awesome powers of central bankers would cause markets to tremble… Nowadays, central bankers can hack away at interest rates and nothing will happen.
Gordon Campbell on the hype about the Reserve Bank’s new governor
It is time for the ritual handover at the Reserve Bank. Sometime today, Adrian Orr will don the gubernatorial undergarments, drain the Goblet of Knowledge […]
Globalisation and self-sufficiency
How do we avoid losing more than we gain from free trade?
John Key Gets In Touch With His Feminine Side
Using a softline pitch to women, to sell hardline policies
Chicken Broth For An Ailing Economy
An interview with NZIER chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub, about how to nurture this frail economy through its convalescence