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Toby Moore: Bursting bubble will hurt everyone
This piece in the NZ Herald is opinion by Toby Moore, a research fellow at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University. "Economist Arthur Grimes' recent proposal to crash Auckland house prices by 40 per…
Motu News Update, July 2016
Director’s ReportMotu is dedicated to the idea that careful and systematic analysis of policy issues, and widespread understanding of such analyses, lead to better policy choices. Recently, it seems this idea is up for debate. From…
Treasury suggests agriculture could be included in ETS
Catherine Leining comments on this news story: The Treasury says the Government faces big bills in the future through the Emissions Trading Scheme, and suggests one solution could be to make agriculture start paying its…
Motu News Update, July 2016
Director’s ReportMotu is dedicated to the idea that careful and systematic analysis of policy issues, and widespread understanding of such analyses, lead to better policy choices. Recently, it seems this idea is up for debate. From the Brexit…
University cities experience higher population and employment growth
Local areas with universities experience faster population and employment growth. A study from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust looked at differences between New Zealand Territorial Local Authorities with a university or polytechnic. The research…
Motu and Poutama's role in Māori Enterprise Research
About three years ago, Poutama entered into a partnership with Motu, one of the country’s leading independent economic and public policy think tanks. The idea behind the union was to bring to bear Motu’s intellectual…
How to Fix a Broken Auckland
Arthur Grimes wrote an opinion piece for The Spinoff, detailing his fixes for the Auckland housing crisis. You can find it here. Coverage of Arthur's comments (originally made in a panel on the future of Auckland…
Motu rises in climate think tank rankings
Motu is now the 14th most influential climate change think tank in the world, according to the International Center for Climate Governance. This fourth edition of ICCG’s Climate Think Tank Ranking assessed 240 non-University affiliated think tanks…
Generation Zero willing to forfeit quarter-acre dream
This is a run down of the panel discussing The Future of Auckland Housing that included Arthur Grimes. Former Reserve Bank chairman Arthur Grimes said that before 2007, Americans also believed home ownership equalled success, but…
90 day trial periods have little to no effect
The introduction of 90-day trial periods in 2009 was controversial, with the government promoting the initiative as likely to increase hiring, particularly of disadvantaged job-seekers, and unions concerned that workers would be at risk of…
