Please Eggsplain
When I see shortages creeping into our capitalist society – alongside spiralling government debt, massive inflation, rising taxes, and basic essentials disappearing – I get worried. You should be, too.
Economy
These Speakers Symbolise NZ’s Stagnation
Willis cannot pretend she wants change when not a single one of her appointments intends to disrupt the old order.
Councils Have to Break the Spending Addiction
I have a warning: councils are continuing to spend and make it worse. We have to stop them. Perhaps the message should be that when the shit hits the fan, we will make sure those councillors who got us into this mess lose their houses first.
PSA Takes Legal Action to Halt Cuts
Fiona McCarthy defended the agency’s restructuring as a necessary reset to improve frontline services.
Is Kiwi Money No Good Around Here?
Winston Peters won’t change Luxon’s mind. But you can. You can offer to fund any new infrastructure projects. You can choose to invest in New Zealand and build a home for your grandkids where the people in power are incentivised to do the right thing.
Maybe Luxon Nailed It on Climate Change
You are, of course, absolutely right when you say that climate change is real. Only a half-witted moron would suggest otherwise.
Luxon Trashes NZ’s Passport and Smears Immigrants
His investor visa is a con: NZ already has fourth highest net foreign investment in OECD.
Why Aren’t National and ACT Light Years Ahead in the Polls?
It’s the religious-style libertarian beliefs of their leaders and advisers.
Why Do We Have Secular Stagnation?
Should NZ’s secular stagnation be due to working-from-home, lack-of-meritocracy and endless Treaty debates, then we can forget economic growth.
Face of the Day
“I want regular Kiwis to understand investment like this is fantastic.”
The New Minister of Economic Growth
National and Labour together bemoan a lack of competition, but they engineered it themselves by insisting public funds be used to underwrite our largest companies and business partnerships.
Trump Taking a Chainsaw to US Govt
The Trump administration is embarking on a platform of reform that has barely been seen in any Western democracy since the 1980s.
National Income Accounts Prove the Maths Does Not Add Up
National’s leader and finance minister have become hot air, all talk, no delivery and shallow slogans. None of their proposals have been worked through. None add up.
DIA Blows Nearly $1 Million on ‘Change Agent’ Workshops
The revelations come amid growing frustration over government waste, particularly within the public sector.