The Drivers of Prosperity
Why did the Industrial Revolution take off in Britain almost 100 years before it did in France and the rest of Europe and America?
Economy
A Beginner’s Guide to Our Self-Sabotage
Just like taxing capital chokes investment, it should be no surprise that taxing the cost of living (via inflation) results in fewer births.
Could a Modern Version of Ruthanasia Work?
The 1990’s finance minister says it’s time for some boldness.
We Need Adults in the Room
NZ will not move towards a new economic dispensation unless it is convinced the politicians offering it are serious, responsible and competent individuals. Men and women who know what men and women are and refuse to divide their fellow citizens along ethnic lines.
Defence of the Day
“New Zealand is not immune from the increasing tensions being felt throughout the world,” Collins said. “Today’s announcement sets us on our path for defence spending to reach 2 percent of GDP by 2032/33.”
The RBNZ Is Told to Cut ANZ’s Requirements
Yet Australia’s authorities have ordered ANZ to increase them.
Willis Wants Budgets to Be ‘Lolly Scrambles’
Her pre-budget speech is out-of-touch Wellington jokey silliness.
Trump’s Declining Approval: Worrisome or Illusory?
This high-risk, high-reward presidency is being severely tested.
They Have Created a Fiscal Crisis
There’s only one way out. Here it is, in joint work with former Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas
Claire Bleakley on the Gene Tech Bill
She is asking for the bill to be withdrawn and rewritten or amendments put into existing legislation: the Hazardous Substance and New Organisms Act 1996.
Is This America’s ‘Suez Moment’?
This month we witnessed the same pattern. After Liberation Day, the US stock, bond, and currency markets all crashed (and gold surged to $3500 as a result). Substantial foreign pressure mounted.
This May Be as Good as It Gets
NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermarket prices.
One News Spends $1 Million to Attack
Who is One News to play God? It should be wound up. It serves no purpose.
