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Congestion charges: we have the tech, we have the proof

Chronic road congestion is a global epidemic, plaguing poor and rich countries alike. In dozens of cities around the world, from Bogota to Rome, from Moscow to Boston, from Toronto to Dhaka, from Sydney and Melbourne to Auckland and Wellington, the average motorist wastes more than a hundred hours every year idling behind the wheels in overcrowded routes. Read more

Dr Patrick Carvalho

Newsroom

28 January, 2020

Media Release: The importance of promoting mining for the benefit of New Zealanders

Public policy think tank The New Zealand Initiative opposes changing the purpose of the Crown Minerals Act from the promotion of mining for the benefit of New Zealanders. In our submission on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s discussion document: Review of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, the Initiative addresses questions raised about the role and purpose of the Crown Minerals Act (CMA). Read more

Media Release

27 January, 2020

Economics and parenting

Can market forces help get the chores done? Chief Economist Dr Eric Crampton discusses the economics of parenting with Barry Crump on the Radio New Zealand Nights programme. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Radio New Zealand - Nights

21 January, 2020

The tender years

Back in 1968, economist Friedrich Hayek wrote that competition is a discovery procedure. Some information about the world simply would not exist without the process of market competition that discovers it. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

21 January, 2020

Media Release: Proposed changes to Reserve Bank governance will provide much-needed improvements in accountability and performance

Cabinet’s decisions announced today by Finance Minister Grant Robertson to reform the governance and accountability arrangements of the Reserve Bank are commendable. Key among the decisions is establishing a governance board that will be responsible for all functions of the Reserve Bank, except those undertaken by the Monetary Policy Committee. Read more

Media Release

19 December, 2019

A tribute to Paul Volcker from Down Under

A giant is dead. Paul Volcker died this week, aged 92. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

The National Business Review

16 December, 2019

Councils to have less reason to say ‘no’ to new housing

Last week, Labour finally began delivering on its urban growth agenda. Housing affordability was one of the two main themes of the 2017 election. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

16 December, 2019

A year of delivery

The Prime Minister had declared 2019 “the year of delivery”. Voters will eventually judge the government on whether it has succeeded. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Insights Newsletter

13 December, 2019

Commenting on the $12 billion for infrastructure announcement

Following the Government's announcement of the $12 billion for infrastructure, Dr Eric Crampton discusses on Radio New Zealand about the need to enable other ways of financing infrastructure on a stable basis rather than constantly relying on infrastructure deficits hitting near-crisis levels.

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Dr Eric Crampton

Radio New Zealand - The Panel

12 December, 2019

Reserve Bank Governor signals return to bad old ways

The more things change, the more they stay the same -- or so the saying goes. The expression could not be a more apt description of what we are witnessing at the Reserve Bank. Read more

Roger Partridge

Unpublished

12 December, 2019

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