This Is a Dual Crisis
If both trends continue, New Zealand could face a shrinking, ageing population, with profound and catastrophic implications for the nation’s social and economic health.
Business
NZ’s White-Collar Crime: Just 1% Are Prosecuted
New Zealand needs to take these sorts of crimes seriously – not only as a deterrent to potential fraudsters, but also for their victims.
This Is Labour’s Divisive Legacy
These dreadful developments were the result of Labour’s unmandated decision to increase tribal control over local government.
Vermont Supreme Court Sacrifices Children to Big Pharma
If this vaccine-cult decision stands, parental distrust of vaccines will extend to ‘public-school hesitancy’ – why send a child to a school that has almost no legal accountability for its actions?
Maui Tenants Forced From Their Homes for Wildfire Survivors
Property owners are profiting.
This Undermines Both Trust in Media and Public Debate
NZME should not pick and choose which opinions deserve a hearing.
Are the Nats Scheming Against Regular Kiwis?
The National Party’s adviser/think tank, the NZ Initiative, comes out as pro-monopoly, anti-consumer.
Union Calls for Action on Energy Pricing
Union officials are urgently seeking government intervention to prevent what they describe as “a significant loss of manufacturing capacity and jobs in New Zealand”.
The ‘Big Four’ Power Companies Are Profiteering
There is good reason to blame the energy companies – they are acting like a cartel to price gouge consumers while failing to invest in the necessary infrastructure.
Big or Small, Labor Hates Them All
Small business, the powerhouse of the economy, is in dramatic decline.
Why Do We Work?
The employer-employee relationship in a free market is mutually beneficial and allows both to gain more than they lose.
Why Corporations Retreating From Activism Is Good for All
The idea that corporations should fight for social causes has skyrocketed in recent years to such an extent that activism is inhibiting companies in their primary mission: generating profits by serving customers.
Presenting the Moral Case for Capitalism
A moral defense of capitalism is therefore premised on our inherent and inalienable right to life, liberty, and property.
NZ’s Growth Measured in Terms of Output of Olympic Medals
Productivity in this sphere in New Zealand, compared to other countries, is phenomenal. Could it be because sport is a meritocracy?
How Did MPs Respond to My Letter?
Politicians are acting superficially without understanding; treating biotechnology as if it were solely an economic fantasyland without rules or risks. Action without understanding is ultimately self-destructive.