Dr Oliver Hartwich is the Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative, New Zealand’s leading think tank (www.nzinitiative.org.nz). Before joining the Initiative, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, the Chief Economist at Policy Exchange in London, and an advisor in the UK House of Lords. Dr Hartwich holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Law from Bochum University in Germany. Dr Hartwich’s articles have been published by major newspapers in Germany, Britain, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.