Dr. Eric Crampton is Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative. We talked to him about how much Kiwis know about their political system, and how much it matters; content regulation, on- and off-line; and why Wellington's latest regulations about smoking have made him want to join forces with pirates.

Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericcrampton
Eric's blog: http://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com