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CEO Pay Packets: Regulate to Stop Inequality?

Gareth MorganAugust 21, 2014Tax and Welfare

There has been much talk of the obscene amounts of money some CEO’s are earning, both here in New Zealand and abroad. Some have even suggested the idea of regulating CEO’s pay packets in an effort to reduce inequality. Firstly … Read More

Paula Bennett: Our kids are entitled to better than this

Susan GuthrieAugust 19, 2014Tax and Welfare

Over the weekend on the Q and A TV show Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Welfare, dismissed as invalid any comparison between the income support given to the elderly in New Zealand and the income support given to children. She … Read More

Green’s Robin Hood Tax Misses Target on Wealth & Inequality

Geoff SimmonsAugust 18, 2014Tax and Welfare

The top tax rate on income continues to be a political football and is emerging as a key battleground in this election. Shame it is an outdated and inefficient way to raise extra cash for the Government. National’s first term … Read More

Ethics shouldn’t have to be the Election Issue

Gareth MorganAugust 18, 2014Politics

What an indictment of our democracy that it’s the behaviour of our political actors that has captured the imagination of the media rather than their policies. Whether this is because the media is so lightweight that it couldn’t do analysis … Read More

Groups keen to enhance Zealandia halo

Gareth MorganAugust 14, 2014Environment

Crofton Downs from Gareth Morgan on Vimeo. The pest-free “halo” around the Zealandia sanctuary is being extended to Crofton Downs, thanks to a $5000 gift from the Morgan Foundation. The Enhancing the Halo project focuses mainly on Zealandia, but also … Read More

What’s the real inequality?

Gareth MorganAugust 14, 2014Tax and Welfare

Judging by the questions we have received, inequality seems to be one of the hot topics of this election. There are probably a number of reasons for this. The 2010 book Spirit Level summarised the latest incarnation of this debate, … Read More

Maori political rights and disadvantage are separate issues

Gareth MorganAugust 11, 2014Uncategorized

What are we to make of the recent stoush between Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy and Jamie Whyte, leader of the ACT party? Unfortunately it illustrates everything that is wrong with the way New Zealand currently debates two very … Read More

Politicians can not be trusted to make decisions on tax

Gareth MorganAugust 10, 2014Tax and Welfare

Last week we asked people on Facebook what election issues they would like to learn more about. One area that continues to come up is tax. In the interview below, Susan talks about some of the tax proposals that the … Read More

Federated farmers display unadulterated self-interest in response to labours water policy

Gareth MorganAugust 8, 2014Environment

On Wednesday Labour released its freshwater policy. In short they aim to have all rivers and lakes swimmable, fishable and suitable for food gathering by 2025. As part of their plan to achieve this, Labour would also put a price … Read More

The investment you have been told is a must have is driving a wedge between haves and have nots

Gareth MorganAugust 5, 2014Tax and Welfare

By Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie – This is part of a series by the Centre for NZ Progress published in the Herald ‘Progress’ is usually taken to mean moving towards something better. Economists are particularly good at whipping out the ruler … Read More