About the Author

Geoff Bertram - Research Associate, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of WellingtonSimon Chapple - Senior Research Fellow in the Dunedin Multi-disciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, University of OtagoDonal Curtin - Economics consultant and bloggerBrian Easton - Independent scholarMax Harris - Rhodes Scholar, University of OxfordTim Hazledine - Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of AucklandBernard Hickey - Financial journalist and editorPrue Hyman - former Associate Professor of Economics and Gender and Women's Studies at Victoria University of WellingtonHautahi Kingi - Ph.D. student, Department of Economics, Cornell UniversityGareth Morgan - Businessman, economist and philanthropistMatt Nolan - Economist and Ph.D. student, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of WellingtonMax Rashbrooke - Freelance journalist and writerSusan St John - Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Auckland and economics spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action GroupRobert Wade - Professor of Political Economy at the London School of EconomicsCathy Wylie - Chief Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research