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TPPA – It Comes Down to Trust

Geoff SimmonsFebruary 2, 2016Environment

The controversy over the TPPA looks likely to continue right up to the signing and in the days afterward, with Prime Minister John Key confronting Maori indignation over lack of consultation, and Labour battling internal divisions. Jane Kelsey and other … Read More

New Zealand style aid solutions can do more harm than good

Gareth MorganSeptember 13, 2015Morgan Foundation

The greatest asset a country such as Vanuatu (eg; Solomons, Samoa, Fiji, etc in the Pacific) has to combat the damage a natural disaster such as cyclone, a tsunami, an earthquake or a volcanic eruption – is the resilience of … Read More

Government’s “Capital Gains Tax” too little, too late

Gareth MorganMay 17, 2015Tax and Welfare

The good thing about John Key’s announcement of a selective capital gains tax on Auckland housing is that he has responded to the Reserve Bank’s call to “do something” about the tax distortion around property ownership. There are two bad … Read More

Five Reasons Why Existing Farmers Should Oppose More Conversions

Gareth MorganMarch 23, 2015Environment

Farmers are waking up to the idea that more conversions in their area will make it harder for them to farm in the future. That is why we have seen agricultural experts and even the Waikato Fed Farmers president Chris … Read More

What do plummeting milk prices mean for our fresh water?

Geoff SimmonsDecember 17, 2014Environment

This year milk prices have soured like a bottle left in the sun. There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about the economic impact of the fall in prices, but what, if anything does it mean for our … Read More

Three areas where the Green Party and National need to get over themselves and work together RIGHT NOW.

Gareth MorganSeptember 24, 2014Environment

The day before yesterday we argued for a Bluegreen Party – one that could act as a coalition partner to Labour or National. Yesterday we covered a major bluegreen area – climate change. Today we will sketch out three policy … Read More

Why compulsory savings won’t cure our ills

Gareth MorganMay 4, 2014Economics

It is unfortunate but true that many myths have been peddled by successive governments in relation to KiwiSaver. The latest policy offering from the Labour Party reflects a poor understanding about the limits of KiwiSaver and related issues. This is a … Read More

Think of the Cats

Gareth MorganMarch 31, 2014Environment

This might sound a little strange, but we are worried about cats. Not just the damage they do to our wildlife, but their own welfare too. That is another reason why we want to talk about managing cats. Cat management … Read More

Why You Should be Worried About Labour/Greens Electricity Proposal

Gareth MorganFebruary 12, 2014Economics

The Labour Greens proposal (NZ Power) has sparked a long overdue debate about electricity prices. Despite what National claims the NZ Power model is perfectly workable, and indeed similar models are in place overseas. The real question is whether the … Read More

How the Morgan Foundation Works

Gareth MorganMay 14, 2013Uncategorized

For many decades now I have commented publicly on issues to do with economics and finance. I’m still interested in that stuff – which is why I continue to comment on monetary policy, housing, tax, welfare policy, inequality, and investing … Read More

Dire Dairy Desperados

Gareth MorganMarch 13, 2013Economics, Environment

Resorting to stuffing their cows with palm kernel in response to the drought-induced shortage of pasture, is just the latest instance of a New Zealand dairy industry that continues to take more and more risk in order to keep the … 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

Election Battle Lines Drawn Over NZ Economy

Gareth MorganNovember 8, 2011Economics, Tax and Welfare

Last Monday’s televised leaders’ debate demonstrated that the greatest difference between the main protagonists for government are over economic policy.

Credit Rating Downgrade Highlights Need for Repairs

Gareth MorganOctober 11, 2011Uncategorized

Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie, Authors of The Big Kahuna The downgrade to New Zealand’s credit rating highlights something we are all prone to forget when World Cups, elections and the good times roll. Our economy is not structurally sound, … Read More

Gareth Morgan’s Big Tax Idea

AndrewOctober 1, 2011Tax and Welfare

When Gareth Morgan was a young student living in a bus, he had an idea that he thought would make him a millionaire. “My sister-in-law said: ‘Oh Gareth, you spend so much time on computers and numbers. You’d think you … Read More

Rot at Centre of Modern Economics

Gareth MorganAugust 23, 2011Tax and Welfare

Once it was each man for himself and the “deserving poor” relied on private charity. That was long after Plato had espoused the morality of taxation, saying, [quote align=”center” color=”#999999″]When there is an income tax, the just man will pay … Read More

New Zealands approach to binge drinking has been pathetic

Gareth MorganAugust 10, 2010Health, Tax and Welfare

A few weeks ago in this column I wrote about how there are not enough resources to meet everyone’s health needs, and how we needed to start making some hard decisions on rationing – sorting who gets treated and who … Read More

Pennies from Heaven – Why cash works best to ensure all children thrive

Jess Berentson-ShawMarch 2, 2017Tax and Welfare

Today the Morgan Foundation’s new book Pennies from heaven is released. In it we propose that all New Zealand families with a child under 3 years of age receive $200 a week unconditional payment called a “Thriving Child” payment. We … Read More

Local Democracy is broken, but whose fault is it?

Geoff SimmonsSeptember 27, 2016Politics

Local democracy is failing to deliver in many parts of the country, which in some extreme cases (Canterbury) has led to the removal of their powers. In Auckland a similar threat hung over the Council if they didn’t pass the … Read More

There is child poverty in New Zealand – no matter how you measure it. Let’s just do something about it.

Jess Berentson-ShawFebruary 25, 2016Tax and Welfare

The New Zealand Initiative have released the first of their three reports on poverty in New Zealand. This first report is focussed on discussing measures of poverty but also touches on factors contributing to poverty as well as some interesting … Read More