Today I am presenting at NZAE 2013 with a rambling confused piece about communication – is that irony 🙂 Hopefully the presentation is a bit more too the point. And yes, my presentation does take the form of Tarot Cards. I had a lot of fun reading literature and writing up that paper, but a […]
Today we have a panel discussion going on at NZAE 2013 on the Open Bank Resolution policy. I am on the panel as the third speaker – the goal is that I’ll summarise the arguments of the previous two speakers: Ian Woolford (RBNZ) will be speaking about why the OBR is a good move, while […]
I see that Chris Hunt at the RBNZ has discussed how the current suite of macro-prudential tools may have been utilised during the prior housing cycle. Interesting stuff, and giving it some historic context helps to give us all some perspective on how and why the tools may be used. I’ve seen Gareth Vaughan and […]
I see via Groping to Bethlehem that there is a new book out on inequality in New Zealand. I have purchased it, I have not read it yet, I will go it a go next week. Has anyone read it yet? If so, feel free to give me a run down in the comments. I […]
Seamus over at Offsetting noted that the annual New Zealand Assoication of Economists conference is on this week. It is on Wednesday 3rd of July to Friday the 5th of July – although there is a Productivity Hub Symposium on Tuesday the 2nd of July. I’m disappointed that it seems Eric from Offsetting and Paul […]
Yet more on tax – this is part 5. Here are the blog posts on part 1, part 2, part 2b, part 3, and part 4. The promised “Part 4b” is still in the pipeline – it’ll appear at some point. This time we discussed consumption taxes, and the fact that we may not like […]