Ardern’s government said no to coal mining and oil and gas exploration in their pursuit of zero carbon, ignoring the hypocrisy attached to importing Indonesian coal and substandard overseas mining practices. Turning a blind eye to unethical mining means the poor – the workers and inhabitants of polluted land – are
How does Twiggy Forrest sleep with himself? I mean, probably on Charlotte Thomas “Bespoke” bedsheets, made with merino wool, 1000-count Egyptian cotton and 22-carat gold thread, sure. At the same time, though, one can’t help but wonder if he is ever troubled by the yawning disconnect between his much-trumpeted
John Tamny aier.org John Tamny, research fellow of AIER, is editor of RealClearMarkets. His book on current ideological trends is: They Are Both Wrong (AIER, 2019) Back around 2007, investor John Paulsen began to feel skeptical about the viability of mortgage securities. Though demand for them was much greater
Robert Aro mises.org Whether you call it the state, system, Swamp, or establishment, now we get to watch as they cry foul because recent trading activity has, as the Wall Street Journal puts it: upended the natural order between hedge-fund investors and those trying their hand at trading from
Ethan Yang aier.org Last month I wrote about a lawsuit filed against the popular self-guided investing app Robinhood by Massachusetts regulators and how it was the epitome of the nanny state. Essentially the regulators took issue with Robinhood’s consumer appeal, citing things like digital confetti, shiny buttons, and
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition Nearly a month into the new year and it’s been radio silence on the proposed hate speech law changes. This insightful article by Graham Adams sheds some light on possible explanations for the Government’s trepidation. But this doesn’t mean that
Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and
Sarah Cowgill libertynation.com What do Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas, and Nike have in common? Besides being “woke” corporations spewing political propaganda, they are also reported to be complicit in the mass detention of what China officially calls “ethnic minorities.” The Australian Strategic Policy Institute recently released their report “Uyghurs*
When Bernie Sanders was deliberately shafted for the second time by the Democrat party, some observers urged the BernieBros to switch their vote to Donald Trump. As they pointed out, the MAGAs and the Bernie Bros have more in common with each other than they might think. Leave out the
Who knew that freezing rents then loading costs onto landlords would lead to increased rents? Clearly the Government didn’t know that would be the result of their war on landlords. Rents shot up around the country when last year’s rent freeze was lifted, including the largest monthly rent
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Opinion Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education. President Joe Biden wasted no time after Wednesday’s inaugural ceremonies before getting to work. He signed 17 executive orders and memorandums—by far the most in history on a president’
You’ll forgive me if I decline to take moralising lessons on democratic freedoms from billionaires whose corporations run on Chinese slave labour. At last year’s Academy Awards, Ricky Gervais reminded the audience that, while Apple made self-righteous TV shows “about the importance of dignity and doing the right
This government’s response to Covid may have wrecked many businesses and lives but a luxury development in the well-known wine region Gibbston Valley, not far from Arrowtown and Queenstown, has shown us that not everyone in New Zealand is hurting. The long awaited Gibbston Valley Resort’s first phase
For a government which has been running around, Chicken Little-style, clucking about a supposed “climate emergency”, the Ardern government seems strangely reluctant to do its bit to stop the sky falling in. Besides exempting agriculture – one of New Zealand’s biggest sources of those scary, scary greenhouse emissions – from emissions
