Opinion2nd August, 2021Why it’s so hard to launch a new supermarket in New ZealandForget the pie in the sky 'KiwiShop' idea – we need to make it easier for a overseas player to enter our grocery market.By Eric CramptonGuest writer
Opinion14th May, 2020A crisis budget. A debt budget. And a budget on which our recovery dependsWhat the does the government need to fund to get the economy moving again?By Eric CramptonGuest writer
Opinion12th March, 2020How well is a school really performing? We built a lab to find outWe wanted to find out how schools were doing, irrespective of the privilege of their students.By Eric CramptonGuest writer
22nd August, 2019The parliamentary budget office should be just the beginningThe government’s plan to avoid another ‘fiscal hole’ fiasco has an unlikely fan: the chief economist of the corporate think tank New Zealand InitiativeBy Eric CramptonGuest writer
7th June, 2019The rot at treasury started years agoTreasury has been haemorrhaging talented economists for years and the budget leaks were just the tip of the iceberg for a department in crisis, writes Eric Crampton of The New Zealand Initiative.By Eric CramptonGuest writer
18th April, 2019How an OIA laid bare the pork barrel shambles that is Shane Jones’ provincial growth fundEconomist Eric Crampton on the primary school maths and abuse of the official information act underpinning Shane Jones' provincial growth fund. By Eric CramptonGuest writer
30th June, 2018How to solve housing affordability in New Zealand? Look to the United StatesIf New Zealand is to crack the problems of unaffordable housing, the government must look seriously at how the better parts of America finance infrastructure, argues Eric Crampton.By Eric CramptonGuest writer
18th April, 2018Why the ban on foreign homebuyers is so very dumbOn Tuesday, economist Eric Crampton argued prohibiting foreign buyers will do nothing to alleviate the housing crisis. Today, he lays out all the other reasons why the ban makes no sense. By Eric CramptonGuest writer
17th April, 2018The foreign buyer ban is an abomination. Bad in principle, worse in practiceThe prohibition on foreign property buyers is the worst kind of populist, fear-based policy-making, argues economist Eric Crampton.By Eric CramptonGuest writer
27th March, 2018Give us our red socks, and $212m public money, for the 2021 Economist’s CupEric Crampton lays out a compelling argument for an international economists' regatta that will pump cash into the NZ economy.By Eric CramptonGuest writer