Good policy process – the case of New Zealand Superannuation
There is a disturbing tendency to evaluate government policies and programmes in terms of how much government spending they involve, often in relation to a potentially volatile comparator like GDP....
View ArticleWhy compulsory savings should not be on the agenda
“Compulsory Kiwisaver” is bubbling up on the agenda, the latest being a call for it at the recent stock exchange AGM. It is easy to see why the NZX wants it. Not only does it add liquidity to the...
View Article“If I can’t retire, then where will I work?”
Matthew Yglesias in the US had a good post recently on retirement ages. It’s worth reading in its (relatively brief) entirety, but I particularly found my head nodding at this bit: The other issue is...
View ArticleNew Zealand’s Super Future
Last week I attended a Retirement Income Policy and Intergenerational Equity conference, which was set up by Victoria University’s Institute of Policy Studies and the Retirement Commissioner to...
View ArticleCommentary round-up
A regular feature spotlighting new writing (and audio) from top commentators Rod Oram, Colin James and Brian Easton. Rod Oram focusses on international business relationships this week. His Nine to...
View ArticleWeekend reading, 30 July 2010
Alliance // cc-by-sa-2.0A version of this list of recommendations also comes out earlier in the day as part of the weekly Policy Progress e-newsletter. Chris Trotter - The “Why?” of Superannuation More...
View ArticleSuper: time for a change?
This is the third in a set of posts on savings and pensions issues from Peter Harris. The other two posts in the series are Good policy process – the case of New Zealand Superannuation and Why...
View ArticleWeekend reading, 20 August 2010
Shaun Hendy – Picking Winners? Back in March, at about the same time I was noting the differing views on the focus for science in New Zealand of Rod Oram and Paul Callaghan, Callaghan’s deputy at the...
View ArticleOur first publication – collecting Peter Harris on superannuation
I’m very pleased to announce our first online publication: a collection of the three guest-posts that Peter Harris wrote on superannuation and retirement savings issues back in May, June and August....
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