Eric Crampton • Aug 26, 2014 •
Nolan rightly hits on a bit of chicanery in reporting on BERL's policy costings for the Greens:Investing to maintain real spendingThis one is genuinely disappointing as it seems to be an almost explicit misinterpretation of Budget forecast figures.The numbers for claiming falling real expenditure come straight from the Treasury forecasts here, but are then deflated. This sounds good on … Read More
Seamus Hogan • Apr 22, 2013 •
Dear David and David, I have read with interest the policy document you released yesterday: New Zealand Power, Energising New Zealand. I wonder if you could clarify a few points for me. In the document and the associated speeches, you quote the Wola... Read More
Eric Crampton • Oct 24, 2012 •
The New Zealand Drug Foundation should know better. And yet, here we are. The NZDF put up a Bingo card for those who support tougher regulations around alcohol with the catch-phrases they expect to show up in the debates around the Alcohol Reform Bill... Read More
Matt Nolan • Oct 07, 2012 •
As a general rule of thumb, whenever someone offers you something for nothing they aren’t telling you the full story – and that is exactly what we have with the Greens stating the Reserve Bank should start rebuilding Christchurch themselves by printing money. Now, in order to come to this conclusion a bunch of points [...] … Read More