So I see Gareth Morgan is suggesting a set minimum income level and a flat tax rate. Very nice, I can see merits in some of the set up for sure given my personal value judgments. Some on the left will think this is right wing (where is the progressivity!), Some on the right will […]
David Cunliffe has stated that new prudential regulation by the Reserve Bank shows that they agree with Labour on the need to dump the monetary policy consensus. I would say no. Monetary policy and prudential policy need to be treated separately. In the same way that fiscal policy and monetary policy are. Monetary policy (achieved […]
I read your article on monetary policy in the Sunday Star Times (thanks to a link from Rates Blog). I disagreed with many of the things you said, but I really don’t think our conclusions are that separate when we look through the issues. First on my disagreements: I don’t agree that monetary policy needs […]
Guess what. The EU subsidies on dairy products, introduced at the start of this year, are GONE. Now US, step up to the plate and dump yours. Or are we going to move into a situation where the United States is more protectionism than Europe …
Anyone who has done first year economics will know about shifts and movements. When I tutored the course I would make funny hand gestures trying to illustrate it, hand gestures that were mildly less weird then when I talk about price floors and ceilings. Still, there has been a lot of banging on about the […]
This graph illustrates some positive structural factors for NZ methinks: HT Greg Mankiw’s blog.