Offsetting Behaviour
Thursday, 9 April 2026

Access to Cash

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Andy Macdonald over at BusinessDesk asked me for comment on the ongoing RBNZ cash-access saga . A snippet: The New Zealand Initiative’s (NZI...
Thursday, 2 April 2026

Thank a migrant

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Combine a points-based migration system that welcomes higher-earning younger people with progressive tax systems and you get a result like t...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026

The high cost of free parking: urban intensification edition

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Problem definition matters in policy. I worry some people in Auckland are experiencing poor parking management by Auckland Council as being ...
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

The case for considering fuel surcharges

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Last week over in Newsroom, I laid out the case against subsidising fuel use during a supply shortage .  That case is sufficiently obvious t...
Friday, 27 February 2026

Recursive technology, non-recursive adoption, and Schumpeterian displacement

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Tyler pointed to this piece, from Citadel Securities , making the point Tyler's made before: AI is growing more powerful by leaps and bo...
Thursday, 19 February 2026

I find it difficult to ignore the role of stupidity in human affairs

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Adam Thierer points to his favourite Ronald Coase quote: my favorite Ronald Coase quote: "I find it difficult to ignore the role of st...
Monday, 15 December 2025

Surely a case for outcome-based contracting

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Outcome-based contracting would have solved this: A stop smoking provider says the decision to cut its contract on the basis it has refused ...
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