New Zealand's Parliament has three structural problems that no change of government fixes:
policy reversals happen every 3 year electoral cycle - aka "policy zigzag",
no mechanism for engaging with long-range risk before it becomes a crisis - "short-term blinkers', and
no formal structure for inter-party cooperation on problems that outlast any single election cycle - "the cooperation gap" .
These are not failures of political will. They are design characteristics of a system built for a different era.
The fixes we are proposing are fully compatible with democratic government, better for New Zealanders, better for voters, and surprisingly better for politicians too. With the right incentive and information structures the vast majority of politicians will do the right thing. Contact us for more information, and you can check back periodically to see more information on this website.
View Core Argument - Plain Language - Outline of the Project here: