Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Warning Long Read. 2105 words.
Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey slammed the “dysfunction” of Twitter’
Tuugi Chuluun Loyola University Maryland Tuugi Chuluun, PhD., CFA is Travelers Scholar and an Associate Professor of Finance at Loyola University Maryland. Tuugi conducts research in corporate finance and international finance and has authored academic articles as well as an international finance textbook. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
In a rather telling admission, Grant Robertson has conceded that socialism doesn’t work. Of course, Robbo would never dare say such a thing openly – not with his Dear Leader being a former president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. In fact, it’s almost certain that he doesn’
I saw a comment on Twitter from someone who claimed that his mortgage of approximately $350,000 was going to cost him about $7,500 more a year because of interest rate increases. I thought these numbers simply didn’t stack up. That is a very big increase in mortgage
Vera Stanton On a cold morning in early January this year Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam met Major General Peng Jingtang, the newly-appointed Head of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Hong Kong garrison, at the opulent Government House. With a new Covid outbreak dominating the city’s
Information Opinion Some readers of The BFD may recall the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show, a Youtube show I hosted for eighteen months. In mid-February, I decided to finish the show in order to focus on my employment as a Retail Coordinator at Officeworks in Melbourne (henceforth to be known
Capitalist Information Opinion The Industrial Revolution, which started about the time of the American Revolution, transformed the world in significant ways. Mass-production methods were invented and perfected, huge numbers moved to cities to seek employment, new products became widely available and incomes rose exponentially – with no inflation to speak of
Cathrine Jansson-Boyd Anglia Ruskin University Dr. Jansson-Boyd received her BSc in Consumer Psychology from University of North London, UK in 2001 and her Ph.D. in psychology from the London Metropolitan University, UK in 2005. You might think that you only buy what you need, when you need it. But
Kontrast.at/ Kathrin Glösel scoop.me The trial is being organized by 4-Day-Week-Global, together with the think tank Autonomy. Researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, and Boston College universities will monitor and evaluate the field trial. Participating employers include the Royal Society of Biology, brewing company Pressure Drop and a fish ‘n
Matt Hampton fee.org Matt Hampton is the Digital Marketing Associate for the Foundation for Economic Education. Tesla CEO Elon Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder on Monday after purchasing 9.2 percent of its stock. Musk’s announcement that he would bring big changes prompted speculation that he would
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practising attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. An op-ed in The Washington Post slammed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision for
Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and 10 books in five languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He speaks widely on
Jeffrey Clark newsbusters.org Jeffrey Clark currently serves as a staff writer and researcher for the Media Research Center’s Business Division. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a dual degree in History and English Bill Nye the Science Guy went from pushing climate change to
Regina Scheyvens Apisalome Movono Massey University Regina Scheyvens is Professor of Development Studies at Massey University, where she combines a passion for teaching about international development with research on tourism and sustainable development. Dr. Apisalome Movono has an undergraduate background in Marine Management and Tourism Studies and completed his Master
Hasn’t lockdown been just the greatest thing ever? Staying at home on full pay, sitting on the couch in your pyjamas with your laptop, waiting for the latest Uber Eats or Amazon delivery. Sure, the kids got underfoot, but that’s nothing an iPad or Nintendo Switch can’t
