International Outlook: The Russia/Ukraine conflict
Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Is invasion inevitable, or does Putin have other goals in mind?
27 Jan 202212min
2021 in review
Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven for the final NZ Initiative podcast of 2021. The pair recap the highlights of the past twelve months, look at how the Initiative has influenced policy, and outline pla...
16 Dec 202114min
Social unemployment insurance lessons from Germany
Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the government’s proposal for social unemployment insurance, and the lessons New Zealand should heed from Germany’s experience with social security.
9 Dec 202116min
Roger Partridge discusses our latest literacy research
Our Chairman and Senior Fellow Roger Partridge joins Ben Craven to discuss the Initiative's latest education research and what can be done to reverse Kiwi students' poor literacy results.
2 Dec 20219min
The new German "traffic lights coalition"
Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the new German coalition of the centre-left Social Democrats, the free market Free Democrats, and the Greens. What does the new government believe in, and w...
1 Dec 202112min
The Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan
Matt Burgess talks to Ben Craven about his latest NZ Herald column and submission on the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan. Matt explains why most government policy interventions in the name of cl...
29 Nov 202116min
Oliver Hartwich discusses the effects of the Reserve Bank's Quantitative Easing programme
Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the effects of the Reserve Bank’s Long-term Asset Purchase Scheme that has so far cost taxpayers $6 billion – and counting.
25 Nov 202111min
The latest EU migrant crisis
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is channelling Middle Eastern migrants and refugees towards Poland in a bid to destabilise the European Union. People are now camped between the Polish and Bel...
18 Nov 202112min
