birth_place color nationality institution field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
gelsenkirchen lightsteelblue germany the new zealand initiative -lrb- executive director -rrb- political economics 08 july 1975 oliver marc hartwich
 oliver marc hartwich ruhr university bochum
oliver marc hartwich

oliver marc hartwich -lrb- born 8 july 1975 in gelsenkirchen -rrb- is a german economist and media commentator .
he is the executive director of the new zealand initiative in wellington and a weekly columnist with the online magazine `` business spectator '' in melbourne .
