Restraining Leviathan: A Review of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994 " by Wellington economist and director of Capital Economics, Dr Bryce Wilkinson. Published by the New Zealand Business Roundtable

By New Zealand Business Roundtable , Newzealand.

Macro Economic Policy Resource.

Immigration policy " Perhaps partly because of its apparent simplicity, everyone has a view on immigration. Talk of 'brain drains' or 'immigration invasions' pervades newspapers and radio talkback, depending on whether we have a net outflow or a net inflow of people at any point in time. But the complexity of the impacts of immigration means that the easy answers are seldom the right answers. In this policy briefing we outline the basic economic principles and research findings that lie behind immigration policy. While there are non-economic reasons to encourage certain types of immigration, this note, and New Zealand's immigration regime, focuses on economic migrants. By Hayden Glass for the New Zealand Business Roundtable

By New Zealand Business Roundtable , Newzealand.

Macro Economic Policy Resource.

Losing Sight of the Lodestar of Economic Freedom: A Report Card on New Zealand's Economic Reforms " Wolfgang Kasper looks at New Zealand?s economic performance since the reforms of the 1980s. Published by the New Zealand Business Roundtable

By New Zealand Business Roundtable , Newzealand.

Macro Economic Policy Resource.

Cosmopolitan Theory, Militaries and the Deployment of Force. Western militaries are increasingly used not for the defence of the state but for policing a global citizenry. Lorraine Elliott and Graeme Cheeseman subject the philosophical basis behind this shift to critical questioning (are we really one humanity?) and consider the possible implications for the military itself.

By Department of International Relations, Australian National University, Australia.

Humanitarian Intervention Policy Resource.