Economy
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.
Golden Question: Is Democracy Dying?
What the people want is not what (or who) the people are getting.
‘Doing Nothing Is Not an Option’ – Top Economists on Housing
Whereas global cities – including Seattle, New York and Singapore – were attempting to aggressively lift the supply of low-income housing, Australia’s supply of affordable and public housing had been shrinking for decades.
Is NIWA Under Political Pressure?
Disputing the existence of previous storms is pretty stupid... or is it?
Maui Tenants Forced From Their Homes for Wildfire Survivors
Property owners are profiting.
Laugh Out Loud Hypocrisy
Those responsible for the recklessness, many of whom are now opposition spokespeople, haven’t a leg to stand on when it comes to forming a logical and credible objection.
We’ve Become a Nation of Takers
The entitlement mentality: if there is money being handed out for anything, I’m entitled to it.
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.
Cuban Food Shortages: Another Red Flag
When capped prices are below market prevailing prices, shortages follow.