Oliver Marc Hartwich: Recent Episodes
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(5 July 2024) Oliver Hartwich discussed the UK and French elections with The Platform's Michael Laws.
(5 June 2024) Dr Oliver Hartwich appeared on The Leighton Smith Podcast to talk about the state of New Zealand.
(23 May 2024) Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses Swiss localism with former local government minister Rodney Hide.
(2 May 2024) Mike Hosking interviewed Oliver Hartwich on the Belt and Road Initiative and whether New Zealand should join.
(21 March 2024) Mike Hosking interviews Dr Oliver Hartwich on New Zealand's latest GDP figures.
(16 February 2024) Dr Oliver Hartwich discussed the recent Supreme Court decision on climate change and the common law with Michael Laws.
(31 January 2024) Oliver Hartwich discussed New Zealand's inflation outlook with Mike Hosking.
(6 December 2022) I discussed the Ardern Government's lack of transparency with 2GB's Luke Grant.
(1 August 2022) What does the border opening mean for New Zealand's economy? Oliver Hartwich on Dubai Eye 103.8.
(3 February 2022) I discussed Social Unemployment Insurance with BusinessNZ's Kirk Hope on NewstalkZB.
(28 January 2021) I commented on New Zealand monetary policy on Dubai Eye's 'Bitesize Business Breakfast'.
(25 January 2022) I discussed global affairs with Josh Szeps on ABC Sydney 'Afternoons'
(22 July 2020) I talked about New Zealand's Covid-19 situation with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live.
(15 July 2020) A wide-ranging discussion of politics, history and economics with Leighton Smith and Oliver Hartwich
(2 April 2020) More than 2000 New Zealand businesses have annual revenues over $80 million.
That is the baseline for "tailor-made" assistance that Finance Minister Grant Robertson has promised to provide to larger firms that are suffering from the coronavirus pandemic.
The price for some firms may be that they end up partly in state ownership.
Oliver Hartwich discusses the details with Kate Hawkesby on Newstalk ZB.
(23 March 2020) Oliver Hartwich talks to Heather du Plessis-Allan on Newstalk ZB about the Government's Covid-19 economic support package. He argues it is a good first step, but more work needs to be done.
Oliver explains why the Government needs to mothball the economy and he shares a few lessons that worked in other countries during the GFC.
(28 February 2020) Nationalist parties hold more than 10 percent of the vote in 14 countries in Europe. The German state of Thuringia is currently embroiled in a political crisis after the centre-right Christian Democrats broke a long-held understanding to join forces with the right-wing Alternative for Germany Party.
Speaking on Radio New Zealand's podcast, The Detail, Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative, Oliver Hartwich says there is a chance that we could see a rise in populist parties here in New Zealand.
He says, "In some ways I think we have to look at countries like Germany, like Trump's America, and ask ourselves - could that happen here, and what can we do to counter that?"
(28 January,2020) New Zealand's road congestion is getting worse. Motorists are spending more and more time stuck in traffic. Oliver Hartwich speaks to Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB about how a well-designed road pricing system for New Zealand could reduce our shocking congestion problems. Our new report, Pricing Out Congestion: Experiences from abroad looks overseas to see how other cities have successfully implemented systems that work for their people and their environment - and what New Zealand could learn from them.
(28 January 2020) Oliver Hartwich talks Jesse Mulligan on Radio New Zealand through the findings in our new report, Pricing out Congestion: Experiences from abroad.
The report focuses on the international experiences around congestion pricing, for example the use of road charges encouraging motorists to avoid travelling at peak times in busy routes, and shows how it could be implemented here.