Kiwiblog blogs about to a good sounding report by the Maxim Institute on tax. I especially like this line: We need to design the tax system so that it allows the government to take the money it requires, while doing the least amount of damage to the economy and so too our potential prosperity However, …
Category Archive: Political economy
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May 05 2010
A novel solution to the student loan ‘problem’
In the 2005 election the Labour Government found itself in a very tight battle to retain power. In order to mobilise the student vote, Labour promised interest free student loans. The bribe assisted Labour in returning to Government for their third consecutive term. At the time National called the interest free loan scheme “irresponsible”. Since …
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Apr 27 2010
Universal healthcare and superannuation, and the cost of thinking ahead
If doing actions that reward a future self is perceived as costly could we justify these actions. If thinking about our wealth, human capital, or ability to live in 10 years time is inconceivable, will me over consume now? In essence this sort of discussion is saying that we discount our future selves TOO steeply …
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Apr 21 2010
Maths and economics … again
Not PC has a critique of the use of mathmatics in economics. Critising the discipline of economics has been especially popular lately. I have had engineers (and some physicists) call me up to tell me that we do economics wrong and we need more maths (to which my reply would be to look more closely …
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Apr 13 2010
Attacks from the left and the right on economics
One thing I have noticed in my time is that people on the political left and right both attack “mainstream economics” with abandon. This is good, as a discipline has to be able to explain itself widely and be willing to face criticism. However, it is one of the elements of these attacks that interests …
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Feb 19 2010
A $150,000 pay increase?
David Farrar states that this is how Labour has framed the idea of tax cuts – a $150,000 pay increase for Jack Paul Reynolds, and only a few dollars for the rest of us. David states that we must look at the macroeconomic impact, and that we can’t focus on who gets what, specifically he …
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