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America’s real choice
Published in Insights, The New Zealand Initiative’s newsletter, 9 November 2012 No one should ever compile a cost-benefit analysis of the United States elections. After a campaign that lasted about 18...
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Brutal data on a Western debt march
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 13 February 2013 http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Western-economies-fiscal-debt-GDP-pd20130212-4U57E?OpenDocument Talk about the looming...
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Fire and ice on Europe’s debt march
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 25 April 2013 For those eternal optimists always looking for green shoots in the eurozone crisis, Europe’s statistics authority Eurostat had a pleasant...
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Why the global monetary makeover is wearing off
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 13 June 2013 It’s another week in the never-ending euro crisis. There is talk about the need for another Greek haircut before the end of the year. The ECB...
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Stopping the growth of government
Published in The National Business Review (Auckland), 31 August 2013 In previous years Dr Oliver Hartwich spoke at The Centre for Independent Studies ‘Consilium’ conference about the future of...
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A German levy to tax all friendship
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 30 January 2014 For a long time, the Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, has enjoyed a reputation as Europe’s eternal naysayer. Whatever measures were being...
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Why government spending doesn’t pay
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 20 March 2014 Given the troubles of Europe’s welfare states, it is hard to deny that large public sectors have a negative impact on economic growth. Where...
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Do market fundamentals still matter?
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 17 July 2014 Later this month, at a conference organised by a global asset management firm, I will be participating in a debate on the moot that investment...
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Has Germany’s bubble finally burst?
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 16 October 2014 As recent economic data shows, the German economy is dramatically slowing. Exports experienced their biggest fall for five years, growth...
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Britain’s choice between the devil and the deep blue sea
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 23 April 2015 The UK elections are only two weeks away and typically, at this stage of the campaign, one should have at least a rough idea what is going to...
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