Were the ‘Good Old Days’, Really?
Or are young moderns looking through rose-tinted spectacles of high expectations?
Economy
Energy Prices Now the Biggest Single Concern
Energy costs are rising so fast in Australia, it’s less expensive to dig up rocks, put them on ships, and send them 6,000 kilometers to China to smelt the steel with our own coal, and then ship the widgets right back to us.
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
$100,000 total from the rates take. It’s basically a catered chinwag between neighbours that they call an assembly. And guess what? They couldn’t come up with a consensus on where to put the pool.
Shea Nut Ban Backfires in Nigeria
The ban will no doubt be a windfall for some. But for millions of Nigerians, it could be devastating.
National Is Trying but Not Hard Enough
As policies go, it’s a plus, but barely positive and would rate a one out of 10 in the overall need for real welfare reform.
Willis Is Correct, the Economy Is OK
By the time the current government took office, the stagflationary spiral was already well underway.
Banks: The Hidden Cost of Excessive Regulation
When bank capital requirements are excessive, the real victims are New Zealand borrowers. The banks themselves will adapt. But borrowers will face higher costs and constrained credit.
For God’s Sake Mr Luxon, Stop It!
I urge him take some advice because this government is seriously in need of a change of direction. His personal poll rating should be giving him pause for thought and a rethink on his own performance. The government is suffering because of it.
What Zohran Mamdani Doesn’t Understand About Wealth
You don’t fight poverty by punishing wealth.
Here We Go Again
It’s not likely to even be a fraction close to $1.6 trillion dollars due to property prices crashing. Sorry kids. If I were a cynic I would call this a lame attempt by a fund manager to drum up more business.
This Is a Fraud
From what I have seen professionally, the majority of children classed as autistic are not autistic. This has made me incandescent with rage, as it should the entire medical and political establishment.
To Really Understand What Socialism Is
Wealth only has long-term value when it is combined with the entrepreneur’s knowledge, skills, time, risk-taking, and co-ordination.
The Future of Welfare in NZ
Can we expect that as Asian values become more prevalent we will see less tolerance for people who make benefit dependency a lifelong habit? I hope so.
