University of Auckland student magazine Craccum runs a weekly column by Sir Roger Douglas where he addresses the issues, from smoking and civil liberties to youth economic issues, why communism won’t work and more.
Click the icon to view Sir Roger’s latest article.
The 2025 Taskforce report made a raft of recommendations to improve our economy and hopefully catch Australia by 2025. While I do not agree with all of its recommendations, the goal of catching Australia by 2025 is a worthy one.
Click the icon to view a summary of how I think New Zealand could achieve this goal.
The VSM Bill is now ACT MP Heather Roy’s responsibility. Originally a bill cast into the ballot by Heather Roy, she could not look after the bill whilst a Minister for the National Government, but with the recent change of deputy leadership within the ACT party, Heather Roy has been able to take this bill back from its previous caretaker, Sir Roger Douglas.
During the course of a long and distinguished public career, Sir Roger has archived articles, images and speeches, many of which are available through this website under the archives page.
Under archives you will find such items as Roger Douglas’ radical ‘Alternative Budget’ 1980, which saw the then Labour MP demoted to the backbenches for his outspoken views.
Upon becoming the Lange Government’s Minister of Finance in 1984, Roger Douglas proceeded to lead an economic revolution with the aim of dismantling privilege – creating an economic dynamic that would grow the country out of what was, at the time, an unprecedented economic crisis. ‘Rogernomics’ as the reform and its broader economic theory came to be known, continues to be a hot topic with many supporters and detractors both in New Zealand, and worldwide.
Sir Roger first entered parliament in 1969 as a third-generation Labour MP, and after a long break away from the House returned at the 2008 election as an ACT MP.
Sir Roger continues to be an outspoken critic of bad economic policy in New Zealand. To view his advice to - and criticisms of – the National Government, see the press releases and articles page.
To leave your comments on his views go to the press releases and articles page – to register for comments use the widget on your right.
