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1 Taxing Property to Death 9
2 Pushing out the Boundaries – and stretching out the facts 61
3 Spontaneous Order – a Solution to Traffic Congestion 66
4 Closing the Gap – why we seem destined to fail 85
5 The Report of the 2025 Housing Task Force 223
6 When do fines become taxes? 128
7 Climate Change Reporting 135
8 Putting the Brakes on Growth 165
9 Freedom to Build 215
10 It’s About Productivity – Stupid! 268
11 It’s All About Control - Stupid 225
12 Digging Deep to find our Blind Spots 215
13 Greenhouse Gas Emmissions 244
14 Improving Auckland’s Ranking 549
15 Let’s have some Smart Thinking in our Cities! 814
16 Stop Funding the Sustainababblers 268
17 Getting down to the coal face 261
18 Why do Social Engineers Hate the Motorcar? 317
19 The P.M. has a Chief Science Advisor – but what should he do? 358
20 US Farmers sell their carbon credits – how come? 366
21 They’re still not sleeping in Seattle! 293
22 The Governance of a Multi-Nodal City 536
23 GETTING NZ BACK IN THE FAST LANE – FIVE 309
24 On Getting into the Fast Lane (Part Four) and Creating Jobs 351
25 On Getting into the Fast Lane (Part Three) – and getting rid of humbug 455
26 Getting into the Fast Lane (Part Two) 446
27 Getting into the Fast Lane Part One 332
28 The High Costs of Central Planning (Part 2) 412
29 The High Costs of Central Planning 461
30 Where we do we go from here? 454
31 Council Revenues Are Drying Up 449
32 Why R and D Tax Credits are not a Good Idea 414
33 Can a New Government Actually Change Anything? 455
34 The War on Dairy Has Begun 561
35 Evidence of Entrenched PC Ideas in Policy Statements 480
36 Oil Bubbles and Speculation Part 2 505
37 Oil Bubbles and Speculation 533
38 Dealing with Depression. 660
39 Cities face a choice – and they need to get it right! 568
40 Why Councilors should seek independent advice 691
41 Two Bubbles Bursting. 689
42 Houston – the well-planned City without a Plan 674
43 The Star City of the Lone Star State. 972
44 Affordable Housing – how to get it 699
45 The Commissioners’ Dillemma 652
46 Council action could save many companies, and the life savings of many New Zealanders. 943
47 Auckland’s Looney Tunes 795
48 When will we ever Learn? 628
49 Why Mobile Phones and Broadband are so good for Urban Transport. 643
50 What would life be like without the RMA? 795
51 One Week in Bali 869
52 More myths bite the dust. 628
53 More myths bite the dust. Part A 648
54 Councillors or Commissioners? That is the question. 638
55 The Other “Clash of Civilisations”. 667
56 Fourteen Tips for New Mayors 683
57 “We looked up to the Environment and when we looked down the land was gone!” 699
58 Who knows how to make a Carbon-Neutral Pencil? 775
59 We can get by with some help from our Friends – a review essay. 647
60 Great News for Couch Potatoes! 610
61 Irresistible forces meet an Immovable Object? 592
62 Super City – or Mega Flop? 760
63 Some random thoughts on Sales, Marketing and Fair Trading. 590
64 Our Two “Established” Religions. 572
65 Does Auckland have a Death Wish? 625
66 Why Rush to Kyoto Judgment? 593
67 Why are Australians Richer than Us? 600
68 You must go down to the coast today 636
69 The Selfish Generation gets Greedier by the Day 682
70 Select Committee to Consider Housing Affordability 665
 


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