- Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Why? New York Times, March 22, 2024. (Non-paywalled version available here.)
- Why we should decline the invitation to leave a tip, Multiple outlets via Stuff, March 13, 2024.
- Why our unemployment and jobseeker stats don’t add up, Newsroom, March 2, 2024.
- US versus Google: What is it all about? New Zealand Herald, December 14, 2023. (Free version available via University of Auckland)
- Winston Peters has a point about media bias. bassettbrashandhide.com, December 2, 2023.
- University underfunding is compounded by their greater corporatisation, Newsroom, November 8, 2023.
- The challenges of sustaining a world class university system. The Post, November 3, 2023
- Labour stuffed up. That is why they lost. Deal with it. bassettbrashandhide.com. November 1, 2023.
- Claims that New Zealand saved 20,000 lives are factually inaccurate and practically meaningless. bassettbrashandhide.com, October 11, 2023.
- The US Justice Department’s case against Google. Interest.co.nz. September 26, 2023.
- To hold our politicians to account, we must first understand what they are promising. Stuff, September 19, 2023. (Paywalled; link is to reproduced article on UoA website.)
- Why Winston Peters will be returning to Parliament in October, bassettbrashandhide.com, September 14, 2023.
- How do pay cuts and layoff affect morale and productivity? NBR, August 26, 2023. (NBR article is paywalled; this is from the University website).
- The abiding appeal of Donald Trump. bassettbrashandhide.com. July 19, 2023.
- Do we need to rethink university education? The Conversation, Jun 22, 2023.
- The crisis in our universities, Newsroom, June 14, 2023.
- The collateral damages of our zero Covid mindset, bassettbrashandhide.com, June 2, 2023.
- The area NZ should be targeting to boost its trade with India, Stuff, May 24, 2023.
- Those who are more cooperative in laboratory social dilemma games are more willing to engage in pro-environmental behaviour. The Conversation, May 17, 2023.
- Is big pharma profiteering from the pandemic? New Zealand Herald, February 16, 2023. (NZH article paywalled; this is the free version on the University of Auckland website.)
- Universities woes caused by bureaucratic bloat, NBR, December 12, 2022. (NBR article paywalled; link is to free version on university site.)
- Trust in workers key to corporate success, NBR, August 20, 2022. (NBR article paywalled; link is to free version on university site.)
- More women in politics may not mean less corruption, Newsroom, July 21, 2022.
- NZ Public ill-informed about vaccines thanks to NZ Media, The BFD, June 7, 2022.
- The collateral damage of lockdowns and the cognitive biases that explain support for them, Elgar Blog from Edward Elgar Publishing, April 2022.
- We need a better understanding of the limits of expertise, The BFD, March 9, 2022.
- Government’s actions are creating deep divisions in NZ society, The BFD, February 19, 2022.
- Counting the costs of lockdowns, The BFD, February 4, 2022.
- Super-spreader events in the eyes of the beholder (the rank hypocrisy of contemporary progressivism), January 15, 2022.
- The questions that judged need to be asking (about Covid 19 vaccine mandates), The BFD, December 2, 2021.
- When are anti-vaxxers NOT anti-vaxxers, The BFD, November 2, 2021
- Our biggest problem is hubris, The BFD, October 30, 2021.
- Vaccine Mandates create tension between fundamental rights and common good. The BFD. October 20, 2021.
- Forget lockdowns: Invest in health and ICU, Newsroom, August 26, 2021.
- “Opt-out” option can help reduce vaccine hysteria, New Zealand Herald, August 16, 2021. (Non-paywalled version available on the Front Page under “Posts” and also via my Substack newsletter.)
- In saving Covid-19 lives, how many other deaths are okay? The Medium, July 31, 2021.
- Why we could not just “trust the science” when it came to Covid-19, New Zealand Herald, July 22, 2021. (Also available under Posts on the Front Page and on my Substack newsletter.
- Hard but not early: Separating fact and fiction about New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, The Medium, July 21, 2021.
- Why NZ proposed hate speech law is authoritarian, Newsroom, July 13, 2020.
- When does a zero Covid stance end? New Zealand Herald, June 28, 2021. (Non-paywalled versions available here in my newsletter or here on my webpage.
- Why would China leak Covid-19? New Zealand Herald, June 4, 2021. (Paywalled but available on my Front Page under Posts here and also via my Substack newsletter.)
- A lesson for our government; bringing the next Sergey Brin to NZ, Newsroom June 2, 2021. (Available here on my website and also via my Substack newsletter.)
- Minimum wage increase not behind inflationary pressures, New Zealand Herald, April 27, 2021. (Paywalled but available under “Posts” on the Front Page and also via my Substack newsletter.)
- Travel bans and unconscious bias, Newsroom, April 16, 2021.
- Government policies must catch up with latest data on Covid-19. The BFD. March 30, 2021.
- Fixing the gender gap in the work-place. Newsroom, March 29, 2021.
- Wide Capital Gains Tax including on family home best answer to inequality, Stuff.co.nz, March 3, 2021.
- Despite claims NZ policing is too ‘woke’, crime rates are largely static and even declining, The Conversation, March 1, 2021.
- Latest NZ unemployment figure may not give a true picture of the number of people out of work, The Conversation, February 18, 2021.
- The simple math problem may not be so simple after all, New Zealand Herald, February 10, 2021. (Not paywalled as far as I can make out but as usual available under “Posts” on the main page.)
- Raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour in April 2021, New Zealand Herald, January 7, 2021. (Paywalled but a longer unedited version is available under “Posts” on the Front Page here.)
- Counting the costs of New Zealand’s Covid-19 Apparent Success to Date. (With Simon Thornley and Grant Schofield), elocal. #238, January 2021.
- US elections: Joe Biden needs to understand Trump’s Support Base, New Zealand Herald, November 12, 2020. (Not paywalled as far as I can make out; but nevertheless a longer version, without edits, available under “Posts” on the Front Page here.)
- Covid-19 vaccine has a few hurdles yet to clear, New Zealand Herald, November 2, 2020. (Paywalled but available on the Front Page under “Posts” here.)
- Why the government can’t simply cancel its pandemic debt by printing more money. The Conversation. October 22, 2020.
- Election 2020: Why did the Nats fare so poorly? Multiple outlets via Stuff.co.nz. October 20, 2020.
- Spending-versus tax-cuts; the questions that really need answering. Stuff. co.nz. (Multiple outlets including Wellington Dominion Post and others.) September 23, 2020.
- Time to Walk the Talk, Minister, New Zealand Herald, September 22, 2020 (Paywalled but available on the Front Page under “Posts” here.)
- Beware of being damned with faint praise, New Zealand Herald, September 15, 2020. (Paywalled but available on the Front Page under “Posts” here.)
- Government smart to pivot away from Covid-19 elimination policy, New Zealand Herald, September 7, 2020. (Paywalled but available on the Front Page under “Posts” here. )
- Healthy debate essential for good public policy (with Simon Thornley), Newsroom, September 4, 2020.
- Staying up late and dabbling in financial markets could cost you, (with Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy), Stuff.co.nz (Multiple outlets including Wellington Dominion Post and others). August 1, 2020.
- Why countries with female leaders fared better under Covid-19. New Zealand Herald, July 22, 2020. (Paywalled but available on the Front Page under “Posts” here.)
- Should Kiwis pay for Quarantine? Newsroom, July 22, 2020.
- Don’t make Kiwis pay for Covid-19 quarantine, Newsroom, June 29, 2020.
- Covid-19: Elimination impossible: Time for a change in direction, Scoop, June 23, 2020.
- Forecast errors wrecked government response, Scoop, June 4, 2020.
- Changing your mind on cannabis, Newsroom, May 22, 2020.
- The contrarian view on the Covid-19 pandemic, Newsroom, May 16, 2020.
- Budget’s worrying debt-to-GDP ratio, Newsroom, May 15, 2020.
- Air New Zealand pilot layoffs – there is a better way, New Zealand Herald, April 15, 2020. (Paywalled but available here.)
- A different perspective on the Covid-19 pandemic, Newsroom, April 8, 2020.
- Racial bias unlikely in resuscitating babies, New Zealand Herald, October 30, 2018.
- Let’s explode some myths about immigration, New Zealand Herald, April 6, 2017.
- Deporting students cruel and unusual, New Zealand Herald, February 15, 2017.
- Auckland house prices – we name the guilty party, (with Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy), New Zealand Herald, July 23, 2015.
- Opt-out organ donation needed in NZ, (with Tom Schnackenberg), New Zealand Herald, November 7, 2013.
- Automatic enrolment has big impact, (About the government’s proposal to automatically enroll workers in Kiwisaver), New Zealand Herald, November 7, 2013.
- Reforms blind to universities’ aim, New Zealand Herald, November 7, 2013.
- Eight institutions may be more than NZ can afford, (with Nigel Haworth and Michael Myers), New Zealand Herald, November 7, 2013.
- Do women need to be more aggressive at work?, New Zealand Herald, November 7, 2013.
- If they are so poor, why do they have so many kids?, New Zealand Herald, August 13, 2013.
- Ban those beggars – starve some sense into them, New Zealand Herald, July 31, 2013.
- Obama ploy can avert fiscal cliff, New Zealand Herald, December 20, 2012.
- More carrot and less stick to encourage using public transport, New Zealand Herald, October 30, 2012.
- Help the world – educate the girls, New Zealand Herald, October 12, 2012.
- Women key to cutting corporate corruption, New Zealand Herald, September 27, 2012.
- India’s open market perfect for a John Wright business niche Article in the National Business Review.
- Price discrimination and the black jersey, New Zealand Herald, August 10, 2011.
- True reasons behind gender pay gap, New Zealand Herald, June 25, 2011.
- Banks put vulnerable at risk from predatory lending, New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
- Does the 90-day employee trial law make sense even for businesses?, Sunday Star Times, Thursday, September 30, 2010.
- Throw ‘Three Strikes’ Out of the Ballpark, New Zealand Herald, Thursday, September 30, 2010.
- Paying Peanuts to Teachers A Gamble We Cannot Afford, New Zealand Herald, Tuesday, September 21, 2010.
- Deciding Whether the Price is Right, New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, August 11, 2010.
- Electricity Backlash Will Come Sooner or Later, New Zealand Herald, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.
- Weighing up wage cuts versus layoffs, Wellington Dominion Post, Thursday, May 21, 2009.
- Bad Sports, New York Times, June 23, 2002.
- The quirks of behavior as part of Economics, New York Times, March 4, 2001.
- Tax cut consequences, New York Times, January 25, 2001.
- The Trial in Pakistan, New York Times, April 15, 2000.
- Game shows thrive on new greed, New York Times, November 16, 1999.
- Inscrutable Trade, New York Times, February 21, 1999.
- The GOP missed its chance to censure Clinton, New York Times, February 6, 1999.