What we’re about
‘Lateral Economics’ says it all.
We do things differently so our clients reap the rewards. In addition to our direct work with government, we work with our clients to help them shape government policy and understand their social, environmental and economic impact under various scenarios. Influencing policy outcomes requires more than advocacy. It requires an understanding of how a complex jigsaw of interests and ideas fits together.
How we can assist you
We help our clients formulate and achieve ambitious but realistic objectives. We can do it through submissions, the management and/or conduct of cost-benefit analyses or independent research, and, where appropriate, private or public advocacy.
And we help government agencies in the process of policy formulation, analysis and training.
We have wide-ranging experience of economic reform and policy development in such areas as competition policy, environmental policy and industry policy.
Our services range from a few hours of a consultant’s time, to major exercises in public policy development, communication and advocacy: from the preparation of a submission to government, or a senior executive’s speech, to participation in strategic planning.
“Policy making is always constrained by the balancing of interests. But the importance and power of ideas is routinely underestimated.
Really good policy ideas solve multiple problems simultaneously. Despite the discomfort they might entail, and their frequent reversals of political fortune, really good policy ideas have a habit of becoming unstoppable.”