HeyJaredBrian Easton
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- Sep 28, 2026
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The Ministry of Miscellaneous Affairs (opens the original)
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This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. The Department of Internal Affairs’ treatment of the National Library’s music collection illustrates Parliament’s increasing weakness at reflecting the public’s concerns. Under New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements, the Government’s ability to function depends upon Parliament’s willingness to fund it. I won’t be surprised if after the general election on November 7, the new Government’s mandate
The debt target trap (opens the original)
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This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. The Government simply setting a debt target for its fiscal management makes no sense. Better to set a Crown net worth target that reflects the entirety of the Crown balance sheet. The National Party promises to bring net core Crown debt down below 40% of annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Labour promises to reduce net debt to around 20% of annual GDP over time. They are using different measures of
Taxing questions amidst the political silly season (opens the original)
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This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. It’s the silly season when campaigning politicians ahead of a general election repeatedly display their ignorance. Perhaps the most famous instance was NZ Party leader Bob Jones when he claimed in 1984 that floating the exchange rate would eliminate the government’s fiscal deficit, confusing the public sector with the entire economy and its deficit in the current account of the balance of payments.
Cutting through the noise (opens the original)
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This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. Here are some short notes on economic matters. It is true that wellbeing is a fuzzier concept than, say, GDP. We can make it less fuzzy by discussing and researching the notion, but because it is multidimensional and about actual people, I expect it to always be a bit problematic. But as Keynes may have said, ‘It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.’* I can well understand why most pe
Rethinking labour market policy management (opens the original)
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This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. For over a century in New Zealand, there was a separate Department of Labour, which was eventually amalgamated into the vast miscellaneous department, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Today, there is no Minister of Labour, while the portfolios of workplace relations and safety and of immigration are held by different ministers, despite migration being an integral part of t
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