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Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The Aotearoa affair confuses me. Or at least the particular focus the Press have taken on it. Sure, the antics of one Tukoroirangi Morgan have popular appeal, not the least because he is … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The idea of removing tertiary education as a public good doesn't seem so bad. The Todd Taskforce recommendation that students should pay 75% of their fees directly by the year 2000 is of … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments In his missive on the demerits of unfettered markets (NZ Herald December 20), Auckland University economics lecturer Tim Hazeldine argues the case for government intervention in the labour market. He suggests that unlike … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The announcement last week by Lockwood Smith of tertiary sector funding constraints and the subsequent educationalist reactions of threatened fee rises, demonstrates the need for greater competition in the sector. The cost plus … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The government continues to fund second rate university education for NZ students. The recent spectre of university staff protesting about levels of pay and the commonplace occurrence of university lecture halls filled to … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments It’s political chic again to denigrate monetarism and regurgitate Keynesianism, why? In the US the Reagan era was followed by an economic recession in 1990 as asset price deflation induced a crumbling in … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The confidence with which Ruth Richardson admonished Bill Clinton’s embrace of lax increases to address his country’s structural budget deficit, is reminiscent of the cockiness of one of her predecessors just before his … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments As 1992 draws to a close and another election year looms in 1993, it’s opportune to reflect on the economy and its likely future. 1992 has seen the beginnings of economic recovery, led … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments Last week’s publication of the Alliance’s policy document raises the question of which opposition party provides the most credible alternative. To date Labour has had the role of opposition as its own preserve, … Read More

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The political case for an inquiry into government’s relationship with big business has become compelling even if the judicial one hasn’t. Leaving aside its legitimacy, the Peters campaign with its loose cannon nature … Read More