Category Archive

Investing in the regions won’t help cool the Auckland housing market – Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganApril 24, 2015Economics

All the talk this week has been about the Auckland housing crisis. We’ve had a lot of questions like ‘why don’t we invest in developing the regions’ or ‘why don’t Aucklanders sell up and move to Palmerston North’. This Whiteboard … Read More

Reserve Bank throws another pail of water on house price inferno

Geoff SimmonsMarch 10, 2015Economics, Property

The Reserve Bank, faced with soaring Auckland house prices and low inflation, is getting creative. They are looking at making it harder for investors to borrow the money needed to buy rental properties. So at least the RB accepts the … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – Can growth continue forever?

Gareth MorganMarch 5, 2015Economics

We’ve had a lot of basic economic questions – last week we looked at what is growth? This week Geoff looks at a question we get a lot – can we have unlimited growth? The answer might surprise you. What … Read More

Why we haven’t talked about the TPPA

Geoff SimmonsMarch 4, 2015Economics

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is probably the most talked about economic issue of the year, apart from our age-old favourite – housing. Today the TPPA will even be the focus of protest marches around the country. As many … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – What is growth?

Gareth MorganFebruary 26, 2015Economics

We have a lot of people talking about growth and that we cannot have unlimited growth in a sustainable world. Of course, nothing is a simple as it seems. So in this video Geoff goes right back to the basics … Read More

Farmers should be no exception in surveillance society

Geoff SimmonsFebruary 11, 2015Economics

On Campbell Live last night we saw a shocking example of two dairy farmers flouting the rules and polluting our waterways with effluent. Thanks to the brave farm hands who dobbed in their bosses, they are rightly having the book … Read More

How sending your old folks to Thailand could save money – Whiteboard Tuesday

Gareth MorganDecember 22, 2014Economics

On a recent trip to Thailand Gareth noticed a large number of Australians retiring in Thailand. Gareth chats about the possible economic and lifestyle benefits. How sending your old folks to Thailand could save money – Whiteboard Tuesday was last … Read More

OECD report: Inequality and economic growth – Whiteboard Wednesday

Gareth MorganDecember 10, 2014Economics

It’s all over the news today. Headlines like “NZ economy hard hit by inequality” and “Income inequality stunts NZ growth”. Is it all true? In this video, Geoff puts some of the reports findings into perspective. OECD report: Inequality and … Read More

5 Benefits of Radically Overhauling New Zealand’s Tax and Welfare System – Whiteboard Wednesday

Gareth MorganDecember 2, 2014Economics, Tax and Welfare

The Big Kahuna takes as its base assumption that we don’t, as a society, accept that huge differences in income are acceptable and that we, therefore, choose to redistribute wealth. While they are generally regarded as separate, the tax and … Read More

Why are our Politicians Auckland Toll Chickens?

Gareth MorganOctober 29, 2014Economics

Yesterday both the National Government and Green Party opposed the suggestion to place a toll on Auckland’s roads, but for completely different reasons. The Government opposes it because they see it as a new tax. The Greens because they would … Read More

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