Why ‘Eating the Rich’ Undermines Everyone’s Prosperity
Wealth accumulates where people create value, meaning great fortunes reflect service, not selfishness. That’s why taxing fortunes undermines prosperity.
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A Law and Order Policy Blueprint
Variations on the familiar socialist intersectional theme of characterising offenders as victims, before swinging back to a hyped up, tough on crime approach, are both equally unsupported by the evidence and doomed to fail.
Stanford’s Underwhelming Response to a Key Question
Stanford might be better than Hipkins and Tinetti, but that is a VERY low bar.
Do Rising House Prices Damage Growth?
Just when this trend looks like it might gradually make housing more affordable, with immense social benefits and, apparently, considerable benefits in improving our disappointingly poor record in productivity growth, the prime minister panics.
PM Says Amazon Will Invest $7.5 Billion in New Zealand
The development is expected to create around 1000 jobs and add $11 billion to the country’s GDP.
Science Should Not Tamper With Nature
Understandably, Crichton’s novel “Prey” ends on an ominous note: “They didn’t understand what they were doing. I’m afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race.”
The Emptiness of This Modern Society
Our screens are an instrument of control. It is not a coincidence that we have seen the largest cultural shifts in our history in the internet age. Over the past 30 years, every major institution in our society has shifted way to the left.
Study Reveals the Secret Minds of Vegetarians
It would appear Professor Nezlek’s broad analysis of the very worst character traits of vegans and vegetarians is correct, then, at least in Miss Thunberg’s own individual case.
The Media Has Only Itself to Blame
Increasingly, New Zealanders are having to get their news from sources other than our newspapers, radio and television. If that ultimately sees papers like the Herald collapse then their staff have nothing else to blame but their own sloppy standards.
Still Relevant After All These Years
Why Family First plays a key role in modern New Zealand.
Councils Hasten to Embed Tribal Control
…before 2025’s local body elections, Māori ward referenda, RMA reform, or the coalition government gets off its chuff!