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What Treasury bonds had to do with Trump’s tariff flip-flop, Newsroom, May 7, 2025. Trump isn’t as powerful as he thinks , Newsroom, April 15, 2025. America is no longer the future , Newsroom, April 4, 2025. (Article appears paywalled; like to my personal website.)Trump’s tariff wars will make us all poorer . Newsroom, February 26, 2025.Debate around ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill essential for a multi-ethnic nation . bassettebrashandhide.com , September 26, 2024.A fairer way to rank Olympics success – and it’s not per capita , Newsroom, August 15, 2024.Why our unemployment and jobseeker stats don’t add up , Newsroom, March 2, 2024.University underfunding is compounded by their greater corporatization , Newsroom, November 8, 2023.The crisis in our universities , Newsroom, June 14, 2023.More women in politics may not mean less corruption , Newsroom, July 21, 2022.Forget lockdowns: Invest in health and ICU , Newsroom, August 26, 2021.Why NZ proposed hate speech law is authoritarian , Newsroom, July 13, 2020. 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 .) Travel bans and unconscious bias , Newsroom, April 16, 2021.Fixing the gender gap in the work-place . Newsroom, March 29, 2021. Healthy debate essential for good public policy (with Simon Thornley), Newsroom, September 4, 2020.Don’t make Kiwis pay for Covid-19 quarantine , Newsroom, June 29, 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.A different perspective on the Covid-19 pandemic, Newsroom, April 8, 2020.
US versus Google: What is it all about? New Zealand Herald, December 14, 2023. (Free version available via University of Auckland)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.)“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.) 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 . 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 .) 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. ) 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. )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. )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. ) Air New Zealand pilot layoffs – there is a better way, New Zealand Herald, April 15, 2020. (Paywalled but available here.) 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.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. 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.
Including Stuff owned outlets such as Sunday Star Times, The Post, etc.
The good but misplaced intentions of modern slavery laws , The Post, February 19, 2026. (Non paywalled version on my website.)Should all students have to compulsorily learn NZ history? The Post, October 24, 2025. Link to non-paywalled article on my website.Trump may be wielding tariffs but he’s not winning the trade war | The Post , August 7, 2025.There is a free speech crisis in our universities . The Post, July 3, 2025. (Article paywalled: full text available via my website.)Reserve Bank digital cash: social safety net, or Big Brother in your wallet? Multiple outlets via Stuff.co.nz. May 17, 2024Why we should decline the invitation to leave a tip , Multiple outlets via Stuff, March 13, 2024.The challenges of sustaining a world class university system . The Post, November 3, 2023To 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.) The area NZ should be targeting to boost its trade with India , Stuff, May 24, 2023.Wide Capital Gains Tax including on family home best answer to inequality , Stuff.co.nz, March 3, 2021.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. 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.Weighing up wage cuts versus layoffs , Wellington Dominion Post, Thursday, May 21, 2009.
Do we need to rethink university education? The Conversation, Jun 22, 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. 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.Why the government can’t simply cancel its pandemic debt by printing more money. The Conversation. October 22, 2020.
Why are birth rates falling globally? , New York Times, March 22, 2024. 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.
Death and displacement in Gaza are heart-breaking but certainly not “genocide” , July 19, 2025.A less hysterical view of the Regulatory Standards Bill , June 25, 2025.Ian Taylor is entitled to his opinion but not his facts , June 17, 2025.Inability to understand te reo Māori does not prevent people from asking questions about race relations in New Zealand , March 10, 2025Ananish Chaudhuri Oral Submission on the Treaty Principles Bill , January 30, 2025. The sheer lunacy of contemporary progressive politics or How I became a right-wing extremist , November 7, 2024Debate around ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill essential for a multi-ethnic nation , September 26, 2024Winston Peters has a point about media bias . bassettbrashandhide.com , December 2, 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.Why Winston Peters will be returning to Parliament in October , bassettbrashandhide.com , September 14, 2023.The abiding appeal of Donald Trump . bassettbrashandhide.com . July 19, 2023.The collateral damages of our zero Covid mindset , bassettbrashandhide.com , June 2, 2023.
Opponents of the Regulatory Standards Bill are more concerned with identity politics than the bill’s legality , Centrist, July 30, 2025Why are high achieving teens heading overseas and why is not necessarily a good idea (PART 1), June 24, 2025Why going overseas, particularly to Australia may not make sense . (Part 2), June 30, 2025.Trump’s war against Universities , April 26, 2025
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Google’s monopoly and the price of inertia , interest.co.nz, September 26, 2023.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. Super-spreader events in the eyes of the beholder (the rank hypocrisy of contemporary progressivism) , January 15, 2022. The questions that judges 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, 2021Our biggest problem is hubris , The BFD, October 30, 2021. Vaccine Mandates create tension between fundamental rights and common good . The BFD. October 20, 2021. In saving Covid-19 lives, how many other deaths are okay? The Medium, July 31, 2021.Hard but not early: Separating fact and fiction about New Zealand’s Covid-19 response , The Medium, July 21, 2021.Government policies must catch up with latest data on Covid-19 . The BFD. March 30, 2021.Counting the costs of New Zealand’s Covid-19 Apparent Success to Date . (With Simon Thornley and Grant Schofield ), elocal. #238, January 2021. Covid-19: Elimination impossible: Time for a change in direction , Scoop , June 23, 2020.Forecast errors wrecked government response, Scoop, June 4, 2020.
