Podcast: Germany is stumbling towards an uncertain future
Oliver Hartwich and Dennis Wesselbaum discuss Germany's outlook.
27 Juli 202232min
Eric Crampton speaks with Peter Nunns
Director of Economics for the Infrastructure Commission, Peter Nunns, talks to Eric Crampton, Chief Economist for The New Zealand Initiative, about his research on the size and scope of local governme...
26 Juli 202222min
Podcast: How central bank mistakes after 2019 led to inflation
A research note released today by The New Zealand Initiative mainly attributes the outbreak of inflation in many economies to central bank mistakes. Oliver Hartwich interviews co-authors Graeme Wheel...
25 Juli 202256min
Podcast: Dr Oliver Hartwich interviews two new colleagues
Oliver Hartwich interviews historians James Kierstead and Matthew Birchall, two new colleagues at the Initiative.
20 Juli 202223min
Podcast: Dr Eric Crampton speaks with Chris Snowden on making NZ a smokefree nation
Dr Eric Crampton and Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, discuss New Zealand's change in legislation for vaping products.
19 Juli 202233min
Podcast: Dr Michael Johnston on resetting literacy standards
Declining literacy is a contributor to low productivity and New Zealand's students have been let down by the education system. In this podcast Dr Michael Johnston and Amanda Boyd discuss the Ministry...
13 Juli 202217min
Podcast: Oliver Hartwich Talks With John McDermott
Dr Oliver Hartwich chats with Dr John McDermott, Executive Director of Motu and former Assistant Governor and Chief Economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand about monetary policy in New Zealand, t...
4 Juli 202221min
Podcast: Dr Oliver Hartwich and the crook who invented the modern world
John Law was a gambling, womanising, dualist, murderer and fugitive. He was also an economic visionary. Dr Oliver Hartwich shares with us the story of the father of modern economics.
29 Juni 202216min
