The New Zealand Initiative
The New Zealand Initiative
Podcast by The New Zealand Initiative
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Jun 2, 2021 • 27min
Podcast: Interpreting Dr Rod Carr - With Matt Burgess And Oliver Hartwich
Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich analyse a short essay by Dr Rod Carr, chair of the Climate Change Commission.
May 28, 2021 • 35min
Podcast: Eric Crampton and Prof Josh Gans discuss effective covid response strategies
Dr Eric Crampton chatted to Professor Josh Gans from the University of Toronto on the global Covid-19 pandemic response.
They discuss the importance of coming up with effective strategies to get the covid-19 vaccinations rolled out as quickly as possible and move onto the next conversation of how to reopen borders.
May 27, 2021 • 12min
Podcast: David Law discusses unemployment insurance for New Zealand
In this podcast Dr David Law discusses the idea of unemployment insurance for New Zealand.
May 20, 2021 • 16min
Podcast: Eric Crampton On Budget 2021
Chief economist Dr Eric Crampton discusses the Government's 2021 budget.
May 19, 2021 • 31min
Podcast: Oliver Hartwich on the history of Eurozone troubles
Oliver Hartwich on the history of the Euro and the future of Europe’s monetary union.
May 16, 2021 • 2min
Mike Hosking discusses Eric Crampton's column on skilled migrants
On Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking discusses Eric Crampton's Dominion Post column on skilled migrants.
Read Eric's column - Govt needs to rethink hostile approach to skilled migrants, here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/govt-needs-to-rethink-hostile-approach-to-skilled-migrants/
May 13, 2021 • 28min
Eric Crampton and Graeme Jarvis discuss Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing and distribution
Eric Crampton sits down with Graeme Jarvis, CEO of Medicines NZ to discuss IP issues around the Covid-19 vaccines and how bottlenecking supply is keeping us from getting the world vaccinated.
May 12, 2021 • 22min
Podcast: Roger Partridge And Oliver Hartwich on Fair Pay Agreements
Roger Partridge and Oliver Hartwich discuss the Fair Pay Agreements proposal and how it would be likely to harm productivity and not be in the interests of workers, the unemployed, consumers, and overall wellbeing.
You can read our 2019 report, Work in Progress: How Fair Pay Agreements would be bad for labour, here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/reports/work-in-progress-why-fair-pay-agreements-would-be-bad-for-labour/
May 10, 2021 • 37min
Podcast Oliver Hartwich, Eric Crampton and Damien Grant on recessions and insolvencies in NZ
In Oliver Hartwich's latest Newsroom column, he discusses Europe's current insolvency situation and asks if the recovery will be worse than the recession. Oliver is joined by Eric Crampton and Damien Grant to discuss this further, as well as what is happening in New Zealand when it comes to insolvencies.
May 6, 2021 • 8min
Podcast: David Law on the perils of rent controls
Following the release of his research note, Rent controls: The next mistake in housing policy, Dr David Law highlights some of the issues of rent controls and explains why it is often older, and high-income earners who end up benefitting the most when rent controls are introduced.
Read David's research note here: https://bit.ly/3usrZLY
