Dr Oliver Hartwich chats with Dr John McDermott, Executive Director of Motu and former Assistant Governor and Chief Economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand about monetary policy in New Zealand, the overhang of monetary stimulus from the last few years, and what will happen if we don't wind this back.

John Law was a gambling, womanising, dualist, murderer and fugitive. He was also an economic visionary. Dr Oliver Hartwich shares with us the story of the father of modern economics.

Democracy Action engaged Professor James Allan to review the He Puapua Report. The result of Professor Allan’s analysis - "The Report of Professor James Allan on He Puapua: The Radical Prescription for Undermining Democracy and the Rule of Law".

He joins Dr Oliver Hartwich to discuss Professor Allan's valuable critique of the He Puapua Report and how this impacts our democracy.

Oliver Hartwich talks with Eric Crampton about the Government's rushed policy making for a fuel tax and Road User Charge holiday.

In this week's Initiative podcast, Chief Economist Dr Eric Crampton discusses with statistician Len Cook about changes to the Statistics Act.

Oliver Hartwich discusses the biggest economic issues of the week with Eric Crampton and Bryce Wilkinson: 1) How transitory is inflation? 2) Will we ever see the return of supply-side economics? 3) How competent is government? And 4) What shall we think of Three Waters and are there any alternatives to the policy?

Amanda Boyd talks to Oliver Hartwich about his latest article in Newsroom about the future of European monetary policy and the parallels between Mexico 1982 and Italy 2022.

Oliver Hartwich talks to senior fellow Dr Bryce Wilkinson about the state of the global economy and fears of a major recession.

Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton interview Foodstuffs North Island’s CEO Chris Quin and Independent Director Peter Schuyt about the Commerce Commission’s enquiry into the grocery retail sector.

In conversation with Oliver Hartwich, Roger Partridge explains the findings from his new report ‘Reassessing the Regulators – The good, the bad, and the Commerce Commission’.