Dear Editor I’m an aspiring businessman. I’ve never really taken much notice of policy makers (politicians, councillors, representatives of any form). Several years ago, my startup required capital and I borrowed money to get going along with all manner of sacrifices, stress and heartache. All quite normal of
John Mac Ghlionn brownstone.org With a doctorate in psychosocial studies, John Mac Ghlionn works as both a researcher and essayist. His writing has been published by the likes of Newsweek, NY Post and The American Conservative. What’s the most valuable commodity in the world? Grain, coffee, precious metals?
When I heard about the proposed ‘cost of living payment’, aimed at workers who earned less than $70,000 a year, I just knew it was going to be another Labour debacle. IRD already has a staffing shortage, and to force them into operating a system of such great magnitude
Joe Spencer This week it came to light that the New Zealand Government is going to airdrop some free money to those of us struggling to keep up with the consequences of Reserve Bank-driven inflation. This is definitely accepted by many as great news; a respite at a time
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Jess Gill mises.org Jess Gill is a British libertarian political content creator. She is the creative director of Reasoned UK. Jess creates political and economics videos on TikTok and YouTube where she has gained a following of over 30,000. From the Equal Pay Act 1970 to the Equality
Peter C. Earle aier.org Peter C Earle is an economist and writer who joined AIER in 2018. Prior to that he spent over 20 years as a trader and analyst at a number of securities firms and hedge funds in the New York metropolitan area, as well as running
Tom Valovic mercatornet.com Tom Valovic is a journalist and the author of Digital Mythologies (Rutgers University Press), a series of essays that explored emerging social and political issues raised by the advent of the internet. He has served as a consultant to the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
Information Opinion I was watching the AM show on TV3 when something quite extraordinary occurred. A chap, complete with beard, was wearing a dress and being addressed as “Anne” as he explained a highly amusing ‘wish list’ for rental housing. Apparently he runs some commie protest organisation that was picketing
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A ridiculous story hit the news a week or so back re supermarkets making it a condition of their occupancy in shopping centres, not to allow competitors. As a result of the Commerce Commission’s naïve intervention, this has now been made illegal, in the
Libby (Elizabeth) Sander Bond University Libby Sander, PhD, Master HRM, Bachelor of Arts (Japanese), Bachelor of Business, is an Assistant Professor in the Business School at Bond University. Telstra and Westpac are the latest companies to encourage staff to work from home, just a few months after some of them
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The hypocrisy of the left when it comes to personal gain, never surprises me. The latest spectacular example is news that Britain’s Guardian newspaper is paying its editor, thanks to a massive 42% pay rise, a NZ$1m annual salary. Like Stuff here, the
The annual inflation rate, revealed last week, has purportedly been 7.3 per cent. This is the highest inflation rate in over 30 years and yet something doesn’t seem quite right. Inflation was 6.9 per cent in March 2022. That was a big increase from December 2021, although
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. Have you noticed the ways in which New Zealand’s mainspring seems gradually to be unwinding with Jacinda
Those of you who were readers of Whaleoil may remember that four years ago I was writing a lot of articles about the removal of ‘single use’ plastic bags from supermarkets. They were not actually ‘removed’ from supermarkets, of course; they were just no longer given out for free. Supermarket
