Economy
Inflation: Your Role as a Milk Cow
Jeff Thomas internationalman.com Traditionally, inflation has been defined as “an increase in the amount of currency in circulation.” Such an increase almost always causes an increase in the cost of goods and services, since, more plentiful currency units lowers their rarity, as compared to the supply of goods and
$1.3B for ‘Maori’ in Budget
Hobson’s Pledge Trust The proposal to spend $1.3 billion in the next financial year on “Maori” cannot go without comment. Proposed spending includes: 1. $427.8 million supposedly for “Crown-Maori” relations, but actually for Treaty settlements. 2. $380 million to deliver 1000 new homes for Maori including
Employment Protection Insurance
Okay. Let’s take a look at the proposed Employment Protection Insurance, dangled like a carrot at middle New Zealand by the benevolent Grant Robertson while reading the 2021 Budget. On the face of it, such a scheme would have a couple of major benefits. The first is that those
Right vs Left on the Budget
Reading two articles relating to the Budget in the Weekend Herald served to illustrate the different thought processes of the right and the left on matters of a political and economic nature. One was by journalist Claire Trevett; the other by Steven Joyce, a man with a good dose of
Chris Trotter Foolishly Invokes Mickey Savage
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Other People’s Money
It seems that its large majority, won at the last election, has gone to Labour’s head. On election night, Jacinda Ardern promised to govern for all New Zealanders. After all, she was well aware that many people who normally voted National had given her government a resounding second term.
A Wonderful, Magical Budget
Grant Robertson must surely believe in fairies, pixies and unicorns. His ‘BludgeIt’ makes some astonishing assumptions in order to magic up results. Steven Joyce outlines just how magical the thinking in the ‘BludgeIt’ is: First, our economy is apparently going to grow faster than Australia’s in three of the
Judith Collins – Leader’s Speech to Central North Island Conference
Good morning, delegates. It’s an absolute privilege to be speaking to you all here today as your leader. I’d like to acknowledge National Party President Peter Goodfellow, regional chairperson Andrew von Dadelszen, my fellow board members, my Central North Island colleagues, and all of you, the members of
Geoffrey Miller: Foreign Affairs Funding Largely on Ice as New Priorities Emerge
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. There are some new clues to be found in the Budget that illustrate
Next Minute He Will Be Appalled to Find Out Oceans Are Wet
A clear example of the astonishing and dangerous economic stupidity of Grant Robertson is his concern that accommodation supplements end up in the pockets of landlords and not the pockets of the bludgers who receive them. I’m not kidding! Grant Robertson says the Government is reviewing how it helps
Yeah, Sure Grant, like You Had No Plans for a CGT?
Grant Robertson has said that the Government has no plans for rent controls, despite the Housing Minister, Megan Woods, asking Treasury for advice on rent controls: Finance Minister Grant Robertson has this afternoon moved to end speculation his Government is gearing up to introduce a rent control policy. Although he