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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....

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Why 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...

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“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...

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New 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...

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Commentary 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...

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Weekend 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...

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Super: 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...

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Weekend 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...

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Our 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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