Bank capital proposals and future financial crises
How sound is the Reserve Bank's plan to reduce the risk of financial crises? Not very, argues banking consultant Ian Harrison.
The Institute for Governance and Policy Studies (IGPS) aims to lift environmental, social and economic outcomes for all New Zealanders via good public policy.
Our goal is to contribute to improving New Zealanders’ lives. Our researchers engage with New Zealand’s policy-making process and work with people to make New Zealand a better place environmentally, socially and economically.
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New from the IGPS
Electricity prices unfair
Relief for consumers from unfair electricity prices? Not on the Electricity Price Review's watch, says Geoff Bertram
Policy Quarterly February 2019
This special issue of Policy Quarterly focuses on welfare state reform.
Fewer cows, cleaner rivers
Mike Joy proposes a single answer that addresses all our freshwater and environmental problems: have fewer cows.
Upcoming events
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Work Disability in Australia
Have Australia's policy makers failed to address a major public health problem? Alex Collie of Monash University presents a recent disability study.
Latest commentaries
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What the data say about discrimination and tolerance in New Zealand
In the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, Simon Chapple looks at the data on discrimination levels in New Zealand.
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How intolerant is New Zealand?
Bryce Edwards evaluates an ongoing post-Christchurch debate: how true is it that New Zealand society is characterised by intolerance and discrimination?
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Jacinda Ardern Transforms New Zealand
Jacinda Ardern hopes to reshape large swathes of New Zealand's economic and social landscape, writes Max Rashbrooke.