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Sir John Graham Lecture 2018 |Towards Justice
REFLECTIONS ON THE SYSTEM AND SOCIETY Maxim Institute warmly invites you to attend the 11th Annual Sir John Graham Lecture…
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Housing Panel – Live Q+A
THREE PERSPECTIVES ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD A decent, affordable place to live is a basic need for every person,…
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Is there demand for a tourist tax?
I’m no economist, but even I know that basic economic theory says that as the price for a product increases,…
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End of Life Choice Bill contains flaws that are impossible to fix
This column was published in Fairfax newspapers on Wednesday 20 June 2018 and on stuff.co.nz Parliament has started hearing submissions…
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When AI goes wrong
You may have heard that the robots are coming to take our jobs, thanks to artificial intelligence. But a…
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Does punishment prevent crime?
Benjamin Franklin once wrote to a friend that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and…
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Beware the consequences of the waka-jumping bill
Like many, my first introduction to politics was through a class election. My group decided our key campaign promise was…
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Curing and caring
“It has become taboo to mention dying,” says Kathryn Mannix, a leading palliative care specialist from the UK. I know…
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“Stay woke”
In a recent video, Barack Obama warned voters about “fake news,” telling us “to be more vigilant with what we…
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Time to take a risk for the regions – Newsroom column
To lay out an explanation for the recommendations in our Taking the Right Risks policy paper on regional development, Alex Penk…
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Alex Penk talks with Mike Hosking – Regional development policy paper
Upon the release of our regional development paper, Taking the Right Risks, Alex Penk was interviewed by Mike Hosking on…
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Regional Development Policy Paper: Taking the Right Risks
Our previous work on regional development laid out the evidence that large parts of New Zealand are facing a 30 year wave…
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Planning to take the right risks for our regions
New Zealand’s Regional Development Minister Shane Jones has a problem. He has three billion dollars and three years to change…
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Excessive tertiary education sends the wrong signals
The higher education system is a colossal waste of time and money—far more about signaling to future employers than gaining…
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New Zealanders in harm’s way
While we may not have poisonous snakes and spiders in New Zealand, the risks of our natural surroundings are becoming…
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Alex Penk on The Project – Newshub
In response to the Government’s minimum wage rise, The Project featured an interview with Alex Penk as part of a…
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Submission: Child Poverty Reduction Bill
Maxim Institute supports this Bill and proposes amendments to strengthen it. We welcome this Bill and its potential to increase…
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Algorithms no substitute for people
The cracks are starting to show on the fancy computer algorithms we rely so heavily upon these days. The recent…
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The end of individualism?
In the early nineties, political theorist Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed the “End of History” was upon us-that western liberal democracy…
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Back to the Trade Wars?
It seems the Trade Wars are back on. Battle-lines are being draw up like the musket wars of old, with…
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