Business
Ananish Chaudhuri: The Trade off
Dr Ananish Chaudhuri– Professor of Experimental Economics, University of Auckland and Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Decision Making, Harvard University, Massachusetts, US covidplanb.co.nz There is a trade-off: how many lives will be taken by Covid-19 and how many lives will be lost due to our
Where Is the Sense of Proportion?
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com New Zealand just recorded a further four Coronavirus deaths. That brings the total to nine (as of 14 April 2020): * Woman, aged 70’s with an underlying health condition. * Female, aged 90’s with an underlying health condition. * Male, aged 80’s with an underlying
Why New Zealand Needs a Plan B
Dr Simon Thornley – Senior lecturer of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland Dr Grant Schofield – Professor of Public Health, AUT, Auckland Dr Gerhard Sundborn – Senior lecturer of Population and Pacific Health, University of Auckland. Dr Grant Morris – Associate Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Ananish Chaudhuri– Professor
A Weapon of Mass Uncertainty
Press Release: ACT Party D-Day The Government will tell us on 20 April whether the Level 4 lockdown continues past 22 April. It needs to give clear guidance on what a Level 3 world looks like because business cannot prepare with two days’ notice. But there is another problem.
Why a UBI is a Bad Idea
You may have noticed on social media calls for a universal basic income or UBI. Possibly it’s something to do with the wage subsidies etc the government is handing out; I don’t know. In any case, whatever the reasons, a UBI is a really bad idea. Firstly, it
I Don’t Get It
Apparently our leader is a great communicator. She spells stuff out really clearly. For example ‘Stay home’ and ‘Act like you have COVI- 19’ and ‘Be kind’. All unambiguous instructions. But it isn’t easy to follow instructions if you don’t understand why. Here’s a simple analogy. I’
Oh, Don’t the Socialists Just Love It!
While I’m not one to suggest that our Prime Minister leans a little bit towards the authoritarian/socialist side of things, here are a few of the changes that we’ve experienced- with scarcely a criticism – over the last two weeks: * Government has decided which of our businesses are
Cuban on COVID-19 Small Business Loans: Best Deal Ever Offered in History
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The Memory Hole
Satire (Maybe) It was a bright cold day in April, the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston understood it would be a long stretch at the memory-hole: Big Sister had retro-spoken, the past would now need to change. He must not pause. Leaning forward at his desk Winston’s
And the Award for Bad Timing Goes To…
I guess you could award Australia Post an A for business savvy and adapting its model to a rapidly changing commercial environment. On the other hand, they surely deserve an F for their tin ear. Public anger is running white-hot at revelations that Beijing-backed businesses quietly stripped essential
Lockdown Concerns
“I have said it before, and I will say it again: the same political or journalistic treatment applied to any episode of seasonal flu would terrify us just as much as the current epidemic. Just as the staging – with real-time counts of victims – of any major health problem would
Govt Must Stop Dictating & Start Listening to Business
Press Release: ACT Party “Today’s Epidemic Response Committee hearing revealed that businesses want the Government to start listening to them, provide clear guidance about the rules at lower Alert Levels, and hit pause on new regulations”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We’re told that we’re all in