Eric Crampton

Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it? Audio

Francis Fukuyama's influential essay 'The End of History?' announced the triumph of liberal democracy and the arrival of a post-ideological world. I ask Eric Crampton if we're witnessing the… Audio

The National Party's promising to cut taxes and raise income tax brackets to match inflation if it wins the Treasury benches next year.

But the Government says that would mean vital services would… Audio

Research is showing that the wealth gap in New Zealand has grown wider due to the government's Covid-19 policies.

Financial journalist Bernard Hickey has analysed 21 months of data looking at Stats… Audio

It can be easy to think we know what a political caste thinks about an issue, but it's often not that cut and dried. Dr Eric Crampton is the chief economist of the New Zealand Initiative and he joins… Audio

Panellists Wendyl Nissen and Sir Ian Taylor on South Auckland families struggling to access food in lockdown, how to prevent driveway deaths and whether we should bring back hats Audio

Panellists Julia Whaipooti and Mark Knoff-Thomas on why Auckland Libraries are ditching overdue fines, employee rights under lockdown, and why townhouses are all the rage. Audio

Economists and theorists are starting to think quite hard about how New Zealand and Australia can go about opening up to the COVID world. NZ Initiative Eric Crampton talks to Jesse about he… Audio

New figures reveal the government's overall finances are in surplus of $3.3b against a forecast deficit of $11.1b.

A strong tax take and surprise repayments of the wage subsidy are among the reasons… Audio

Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative has been taking a look at climate policy and how this can be utilised for an effective Covid recovery. Audio

Housing affordability is getting out of reach for more New Zealanders as the median house price continues to sky rocket. The Panel talks to NZ Initiative's chief economist, Dr Eric Crampton. Audio

A new study shows that almost a third of New Zealanders cannot name the political parties currently in parliament. Less than half of the one thousand people surveyed understood how New Zealand's… Audio

The New Zealand Initiative has written a report recommending ways to open our borders sooner.,Report author, Dr Eric Crampton, talks to Jesse about their ideas. Audio

We speak to Eric Crampton the Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative. Audio

We're at the half way mark of the government's 12 week wage subsidy which so far has paid out over $10.5 billion to nearly 1.75 million New Zealanders . In the first four weeks of lockdown 33,000 more… Audio

New figures show the number of international students in the country is even lower than first thought.

Immigration New Zealand says there are just 51,500 people with valid study visas in the country… Audio