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Unemployment on the march: Whose Fault?

Gareth MorganNovember 8, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

Personally I wouldn’t blame the exchange rate, the government, or any lack of entrepreneurship. The world is really struggling if you hadn’t noticed and the ability of our firms that export or compete with imports, to maintain sales, is being … Read More

Housing: The Great Kiwi Tax Dodge

Gareth MorganNovember 7, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

My 5 point plan for housing has prompted a fair bit of debate and I’d like to respond to the points people have made. Let’s start by clearing up one thing about housing as an investment. I am not anti-housing … Read More

Gareth’s Five Point Affordable Housing Plan for New Zealand

Gareth MorganNovember 4, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

You don’t need a fancy Commission, costing over $4 million a year, to tell you what to do about house prices and worsening housing affordability, especially Auckland housing affordability. It’s blindingly obvious. There are four significant forces behind the housing … Read More

Ross Sea sufferance continues thanks to the Green Extreme

Gareth MorganNovember 1, 2012Environment

The failure of CCAMLR to reach an agreement on establishing a Ross Sea MPA is a tragedy, the responsibility for which can be laid at the door of the Green Extreme NGO’s that comprise the Antarctic Oceans Alliance. That Russia, … Read More

Welcome to the New Reserve Bank Governor

Gareth MorganOctober 29, 2012Economics

It’s refreshing to hear a new perspective from the Reserve Bank on the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis and the challenges it presents to the New Zealand economy. New Governor Graeme Wheeler is correct to say that Quantitative Easing … Read More

Housing Affordability: The Problem is Not Lack of Supply

Gareth MorganOctober 28, 2012Economics

Contrary to the findings of the Productivity Commission the fundamental issue with housing affordability is not lack of available land. That Commission has done the debate a major disservice by pointing the figure at land supply, the councils do not … Read More

Morgan foundation – Update on our activity in schools

Geoff SimmonsOctober 23, 2012Morgan Foundation

In February of this year Gareth and a crew of 50 Kiwis set sail south to raise awareness of Our Far South – the incredible area south of Stewart Island. New Zealand has stewardship over a massive area of land … Read More

Get radical says the Economist – time for new thinking on tax and welfare

Susan GuthrieOctober 22, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

Confirmation came this week that turning a blind eye to the inequality and poverty in our midst is as dumb as it gets. Not mean-spirited, although you could argue that too, but plain dumb. On October 13th the Economist produced … Read More

No right to profit by trampling over others

Gareth MorganOctober 18, 2012Environment

The Horizons Regional Council’s victory at the Environmental Court which found that farmers deserve no special treatment and should follow the rules like anyone else when it comes to curbing their pollution, is of major importance. It’s late but better … Read More

Greenies Sacrifice Humpbacks for Toothfish

Gareth MorganOctober 14, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

Recently the green NGOs accused the Government of siding with the fishing industry when they refused to back a United States proposal for marine protection in the Ross Sea. Is the Government kowtowing to industry as they suggest, or is … Read More