Brian Easton: the Austerian economists' error
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3815 13th Jun 2013
In the battle of opinions for managing sluggish economies, rhetoric often misrepresents the research.
Brian Easton
In the 30 years in which he has been writing the Listener’s economics column, Dr Brian Easton has reported on and analysed the evolution of the New Zealand economy, often predicting changes long before the conventional wisdom has recognised them. He holds positions in four New Zealand universities, has written many books, has worked as a consultant, advised the New Zealand government and is a Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists. He brings a wide range of experiences in economics, social statistics and public policy as well as interests in history, literature and science to his columns. He is currently writing a history of New Zealand from an economic perspective. His archival website is at www.eastonbh.ac.nz.
Our Muslim neighbours
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3813 30th May 2013
Indonesian Muslims don’t necessarily support the opinions and actions of Middle Eastern Muslims.
Competitive advantage
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3811 16th May 2013
Carefully designed changes to the electricity-generation industry could make it work better.
Singapore fling
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3809 2nd May 2013
Our national airline no longer stops over there but New Zealanders should.
Reserve judgment
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Current Affairs
Issue 3807 18th Apr 2013
In the unlikely event of a bank collapse, a proposed new measure would help safeguard our savings.
Partial sale of the century
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3805 4th Apr 2013
Driving the state asset share floats is a government that is happy to subsidise business.
Sky lark
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3803 23rd Mar 2013
Managers don’t always do what their shareholders want, which may explain the SkyCity deal oddities.
Son of Think Big
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3801 7th Mar 2013
New technologies and light-handed regulation are a recipe for disaster.
NZ Census: Counting on your co-operation
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3799 21st Feb 2013
The confidential details you provide in next month’s census forms will prove valuable.
Albert Hirschman: an exceptional economist
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Economy
Issue 3797 7th Feb 2013
It is said social scientists don’t live dangerously, but here’s one who did.