The Good Society is the home of my writing about how we can shape a better world together.
A detail from Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Renaissance fresco The Allegory of Good and Bad Government
The Post: The power of ideas – why I helped launch a think tank
Our first report, published this week, marks a milestone for our organisation.
The Spinoff: Where do I send conservatives the bill for climate change?
I know they love personal responsibility … so surely they’ll pick up their tab.
The Post: Piling on the inequality no solution to climate change challenge
The idea that we just stop supporting people affected by climate change is simply indefensible.
The Spinoff: David Seymour’s hypocrisy over drugs and poverty
A “whole of society” approach to investment isn’t consistently applied.
The Post: What the Sensible Adults don’t tell you about the cost of super
Spoiler alert: super is actually affordable, even on current settings.
The Spinoff: The Greens have broken dramatically with the James Shaw era
They are arguing for public debt levels three times that previously tolerated.
The Post: Biggest obstacle to tax reform? A lack of ordinary Kiwi anger
People just aren’t furious about high-end tax evasion.
The Spinoff: Ruth Richardson’s state honour is a slap in the face for the poor
Someone who doubled hardship overnight is undeserving of a state honour.
The Post: How the pay equity ‘gift from the Government’ will keep on giving
No government has properly valued women’s work.
The Spinoff: A budget for machines, not midwives
The priorities of this government are clear, and they don’t involve paying women what they’re worth.