So some businesses are complaining that the spot price of electricity occasionally spikes when there is a shortage (and that these spikes are inconsistent). They want government intervention. My question is, if these spikes are such a concern – why don’t the businesses set up fixed price contracts with electricity retailers in the same way …
Monthly Archive: April 2011
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Apr
04
2011
Central Banks: Second best policy and operational separation
Following a major crisis, such as the one we’ve just experienced, it is easy to get into a situation where the goal of policy is to “avoid another crisis”. However, this is not a trap that our fine readers fall into – so we don’t need to worry about it here . This isn’t to …
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Apr
01
2011
Why I’m not holistic
A lot of New Zealand policy discussion and debate is holisitc – we say we want a set of outcomes, these outcomes are desirable, these are the outcomes we need to achieve. In essence, they are saying there are a set of states “we” could be in as a society and we should strive to …
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