What normative constraints should bind parents (or policy makers) if they intervene in the choices of children constituencies) whose preferences evolve over time? For a sophisticated child who anticipates correctly his preference change, we prove that generically there exist parental interventions are Pareto improving backward induction path will follow on own. If, contrast, misperceives future...

This discussion piece examines the role that New Zealand played in global media narrative about Covid-19 responses. The Government’s response general, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership particular, came to stand as an example of functional governance a world experiencing accelerating fragmentation Western neo-liberal geo-political economy. ‘spectacle competence’ has characterized is...