New Zealand topics, economics & policy

Vale Lew Evans🍋

Lew Evans ONZM is remembered as an economist, colleague, mentor and farmer

Jun 4 • Judy Kavanagh

Something Must Be Done. This Is Something.🍋

Dave Heatley writes that the politics of fuel shocks so often outruns the economics

Mar 31 • Dave Heatley

Obituary: Dennis Rose🍋

The life of a New Zealand economist

Mar 28 • Gary Hawke

Administrative identity is not what matters🍋

What would philosopher Derek Parfit make of the Integrated Data Infrastructure?

Feb 24 • Olivia Wills

Are capital gains taxes fair?🍋

NZ lacks a specific capital gains tax. But introducing one may not increase fairness.

Oct 28, 2025 • Martin Lally

2B RED: Kiwiana🍋

Books by or about Kiwis

Sep 16, 2025 • Grant Scobie

Property rights and competitive prices🍋

Two current flashpoints for the role of government in a market economy

Sep 9, 2025 • Caroline Saunders and Paul Dalziel

When I'm sixty-four🍋

An economic perspective on ageing

Sep 2, 2025 • Dave Heatley

What is the value of cycling?🍋

An avid cyclist explores the economics of cycling in New Zealand

Jun 4, 2025 • Geoff Simmons

Social opportunity cost vs. social rate of time preference [part 2/2]🍋

The NZ Treasury's new approach to public-sector discount rates applied to risky projects

May 19, 2025 • Martin Lally

Social opportunity cost vs. social rate of time preference [part 1/2]🍋

The NZ Treasury's new approach to public-sector discount rates applied to risk-free projects

May 19, 2025 • Martin Lally

2B RED: From down home🍋

Reviews of books by New Zealand authors

May 14, 2025 • Grant Scobie