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New Zealand not world’s wealthiest country, after all

Inequality in the news by Max Rashbrooke on October 29, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, a report from Credit Suisse claimed that New Zealand had the highest median wealth in the world. At the time, I questioned the claim: could the average New Zealander really be wealthier than the average Swede, Australian or Dane? I also thought the figures were well out of line with…

Wellington City Council highest earners calculations

Uncategorized by Max Rashbrooke on October 28, 2015

The Dominion Post is running an opinion piece of mine this morning, comparing the cost of paying the Living Wage to Wellington City Council staff (about $1.7 million a year, on campaigners’ estimates) with the payments for the council’s senior staff in recent years. Below is a spreadsheet with the details of the calculations. What…

Is New Zealand really the world’s wealthiest country?

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on October 19, 2015

Reporting on the latest Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report has repeated its claim that New Zealand has the second highest average (mean) wealth in the world – and the highest median wealth. But is that true? It sits oddly with personal experience. Does anyone who has been overseas, or seen other countries depicted, think that…

No, Mr English, housing costs are not a key cause of inequality

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on October 13, 2015

A little while back, Finance Minister Bill English gave a speech in which he claimed that “poor urban planning is one of the significant drivers of inequality”. His logic is that bad urban planning drives up the cost of building new houses, limiting supply and thus causing rents to rise sharply and house prices to…

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