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THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN NEW ZEALAND

Paper to a Student Group from Carleton University, 10 February 2011.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History; Social Policy;
Europeans were greatly puzzled by the American debate over President Obama’s health reforms, for almost everyone there assumes the public sector should actively promote universal health care. Clearly that is not the [...]

10th February 2011 | Comments Closed

SUPPORTING THE DISABLED

For my evidence see http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1393.

Keywords: Health; Social Policy;
One of the ways I earn my crust is as a consultant. Although it often involves very satisfying economics, I rarely use the experience directly in my public writings (and if I do I tell you). Another rule is dont get too involved in the case. [...]

17th December 2010 | Comments Closed

PUBLIC SPENDING AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES

New Zealand Home Health National Conference, 2 September, Auckland
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;  Social Policy;
I have been asked to present an account of the economic context in which the home health services industry will function. I am not going to talk about the rising demand for its services because of population shifts taking that as a [...]

2nd September 2010 | Comments Closed

UNHEALTHY START

Why are we faring so badly when it comes to the health of our children?
Listener 21 August, 2010.
Keywords: Social Policy;
We used to think New Zealand was the best place in the world to bring up children. Alas, this is no longer true, as the statistics in the box below show. They come from a report [...]

21st August 2010 | Comments Closed

SOCIAL SECURITY AND ACC

Concluding remarks for ‘The ACC Debate: How Do We Pay for ACC?’, sponsored by the ACC Group. 15 December 2009, Auckland.
Keywords: Social Policy;
I am honoured to be asked to attempt to make some concluding remarks to such an interesting conference, and privileged to follow Sir Owen Woodhouse. We are so fortunate that we still [...]

15th December 2009 | Comments Closed

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE

Sue Bradford’s departure leaves a huge gap in the Greens, and Parliament.
Listener: 12 December, 2009.
Keywords: Regulation & Taxation; Social Policy;
To work properly, the market must be “complete” – that is, all possible transactions must be able to be carried out. For example, those who invested in finance firms such as Bridgecorp should have been able [...]

12th December 2009 | Comments Closed

NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE EXPERIENCED GENERATIONS

Speech to Launch the Report “New Insights into the Experienced Generation” for the Hope Foundation, 30 July 2009
 
Keywords: Social Policy; Statistics;
 
This report represents a further step to our understanding of ourselves as a society. Only a few decades ago we treated all New Zealanders as the same, with the implicit assumption that they [...]

30th July 2009 | Comments Closed

EQUITY AND THE TAX SYSTEM

Tax, Saving Welfare and Retirement: Have We Lost our Way? Symposium, Retirement Policy and Research Centre, University of Auckland, 16 July, 2009
 
Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Maynard Keynes
 
Keywords: Distributional Economics; History of Ideas, Methodology & [...]

16th July 2009 | Comments Closed

UNDERSTANDING THE FISCAL IMPERATIVES

Paper for Towards a Value Driven Public Sector Summit, 15 July, 2009.
 
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Regulation & Taxation; Social Policy;
 
Before talking about the fiscal imperatives in the narrow sense, I want to make a couple of general remarks about the rhetoric of policy. .
 
The first is that the need for [...]

15th July 2009 | Comments Closed

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: WHERE DOES ACC FIT IN?

Paper to the summit “Reviewing New Zealand’s Accident Compensation System” Wellington, 29 June, 2009.  
 
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Social Policy; 
 
The world is facing a global financial crisis with the international system malfunctioning, as many banks – which provide the means of payment and facilitate investment – having to limit their lending because they have [...]

29th June 2009 | Comments Closed
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