Turning Tax and Welfare in New Zealand on its Head

New Zealand’s tax and welfare policies are a mess. Could the solution be abolishing the current welfare system and radically overhauling the tax system?

Is this feasible? Is it desirable?

Gareth Morgan puts some radical changes to tax and welfare on the table at the launch of his new book, The Big Kahuna—turning tax and welfare in New Zealand on its head.

Watch Gareth’s presentation

• Part One – The Big Kahuna Intro
• Part Two – Tax in Civil Society
• Part Three – Origins of Redistribution
• Part Four – Where did we Lose the Plot
• Part Five – Modernist Approach to Transfers
• Part Six – 5 Principles of Redistribution Regimes
• Part Seven – An Inalienable Right to Dignified Life
• Part Eight – The Comprehansive Capital Tax
• Part Nine – Inequity Graphs
• Part Ten – Our Proposal
• Part Eleven – Who Gets Slammed the Hardest?
• Part Twelve – Why the Need for a Revolution?
• Part Thirteen – Is the Big Kahuna Respectable?

Part One – The Big Kahuna Intro

Part Two – Tax in Civil Society

Part Three – Origins of Redistribution

Part Four – Where did we Lose the Plot

Part Five – Modernist Approach to Transfers

Part Six – 5 Principles of Redistribution Regimes

Part Seven – An Inalienable Right to Dignified Life

Part Eight – The Comprehansive Capital Tax

Part Nine – Inequity Graphs

Part Ten – Our Proposal

Part Eleven – Who Gets Slammed the Hardest?

Part Twelve – Why the Need for a Revolution?

Part Thirteen – Is the Big Kahuna Respectable?

Download the PDF of the presentation here

More information, discussion, calculators, book sales athttp://www.gmi.co.nz/bigkahuna/

About the Author

Gareth Morgan

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Gareth Morgan is a New Zealand economist and commentator on public policy who in previous lives has been in business as an economic consultant, funds manager, and professional company director. He is also a motorcycle adventurer and philanthropist. Gareth and his wife Joanne have a charitable foundation, the Morgan Foundation, which has three main stands of philanthropic endeavour – public interest research, conservation and social investment.