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Social Income costings

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on February 27, 2019

This week I’ve proposed a Social Income, essentially a more generous though means-tested unemployment benefit set at the poverty line of 50% of average income (currently $19,000 a year approximately) and available for people doing a range of socially useful activities, including caring for sick relatives, raising children and volunteering for a registered charity. For…

2019: the prospects for fairness and openness

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on February 15, 2019

The 2019 political year is now well and truly up and running. So what progress might we see on two key areas of interest for me, and I think for most New Zealanders as well – economic equality, and more deeply open and participatory government? In brief, I think the current government has better ambitions…

New book published: Government for the Public Good

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on September 11, 2018

I’m delighted to announce the publication of my new book, Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action. It is available from all good bookstores and online. The culmination of several years’ work, it goes right to the heart of one of the dominant ideas of the last few decades –…

Media’s disclosure of interests under spotlight

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on March 9, 2018

One fascinating development this week has seen the long-running concerns about undisclosed interests in the media finally burst out into the open. First, it was revealed that a commentator on Radio New Zealand, supposedly an ‘independent’ PR consultant, was actually working in the Prime Minister’s office. Then, even more strikingly, the NBR column of prominent…

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