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Economic Nationalism, Bitcoin and SEZs

Economic Nationalism, Bitcoin and SEZs

If the power for the North Island were produced from geothermal plants with Bitcoin mining as the guaranteed buyer, there would be no limit to how much energy we could produce to bring prices down and boost other heavy industry.

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Trump and the US Gravitational Pull

Trump and the US Gravitational Pull

A determined American president does not need to retreat before the angry objections of globalisation’s defenders: not when he commands the economic and military resources of the world’s most powerful nation state.

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How to Improve School Lunches

How to Improve School Lunches

If the state must usurp parental duties and feed the nation’s children, it should at least try and retain an educational flavour. Below is a list of menu options that would be guaranteed to teach the kids something.

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These Are Just Impossible Things

These Are Just Impossible Things

The collective memory of the average Kiwi voter warns them that although the promise of a good life for everybody sounds wonderful, the Greens would never entrust the ordinary people of New Zealand with the power to make it happen – and neither would their bosses.

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This is Tougher on Crime

This is Tougher on Crime

What is now a simple snatch and grab for crooks will soon make them fair game for any good man willing and able to do his duty. The risk will now be firmly on the side of organised criminals and petty thieves.

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‘You Can’t Make This Up’

‘You Can’t Make This Up’

Pfizer has been named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by the Ethisphere Institute for the fourth year in a row, sparking criticism due to the company’s history of corporate fraud and legal violations.

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Where There Are Smokes, There Is Crime

Where There Are Smokes, There Is Crime

There is nothing in this puritanical list of new restrictions that will deter people from continuing to smoke tobacco or switch to illegal vapes. It will send them away from legal retailers that comply with tobacco laws to illegal, gang-controlled retailers.

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Could Nicola Willis replace Luxon?

Could Nicola Willis replace Luxon?

Obviously Nicola Willis does not want to make a coat out of Dalmatians or dress as well as Miranda, but Labour cannot see this, any more than they cannot see that Willis is far more presentable and politically adept than Luxon.

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