Business as usual is over
Don't hold your breath waiting for things to get back to normal, writes Colin James: Corvid-19 spells the end of the golden age of hyperglobalisation.
News and commentary
Keep informed with news and analysis of topical policy issues from IGPS staff, our senior associates, and other researchers.
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The Corona welfare response we need
The promised ‘urgent work’ to render our welfare system fit for the coronavirus emergency will need to be fundamental and very large, writes Dr Michael Fletcher
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Keeping the reformed public service in check
There are some easy ways to improve the big public sector reform package currently before Parliament, writes Simon Chapple.
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Don't mention the P-word
A new piece of inequality research seems to go out of its way to pretend New Zealand doesn't have a structural poverty problem. So politically convenient if this were true, says Max Rashbrooke -- but it isn't.
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The foreign donation ban isn't enough
Banning foreign donations is a splendid idea, writes IGPS researcher Pete McKenzie, but under this bill untraceable money will still be corrupting our political system.