Health NZ: Financial Crisis and Staffing Shortages
Lester Levy told media there was an urgent need for rapid changes to prevent the agency from going broke in the coming months.
Economy
A Tool Not a Panacea
Telehealth is overhyped as a solution to New Zealand’s rural healthcare crisis.
The US Military Machine Is Unsustainable
If America hopes to remain a superpower, it can no longer afford to cannibalize its economy in the name of wanton imperialism.
French Exports to Avoid: Wealth Taxes
Wealth taxes tend to yield low revenue, while dragging down economic growth. But they do make for good politics, especially in election years; envy commands votes.
Climate Change Is Not the Biggest Threat
The world has arrived at this brink of economic failure by believing there is such a thing as a free lunch.
More Renewables Equals More Expensive Electricity
The solar daytime glut, negative prices, and community hatred of high-voltage lines is spoiling the market for developers. And not a day too soon...
Farmer Confidence Hits Near-Record Low as Pressures Mount
Farmers surveyed identified their biggest concern as debt, interest, and banks.
Inequality is caused by inflation
Marxists have misdiagnosed the cause of economic inequality. It’s not the extraction of surplus value from workers, as suggested by the labor theory of value, that gives capitalists unfair wealth.
Study Shows Kiwis Believe Home Ownership Is Out of Reach
Home ownership in New Zealand has dropped below 60 per cent, marking the lowest rate since 1945.
Biden and Newsom’s Energy Foolishness
Mandating EVs and electricity generation from wind turbines and solar panels is mandating MORE USAGE of crude oil.
CFMEU Should NOT Exist in the First Place
The CFMEU scandal is just another recent prime example of how unions can become corrupt and self-serving.
Aussies about to Be Zapped Even Harder
If we think power prices are crazy now, wait for offshore wind to strike.
Simon Upton Talks All Things Green
How refreshing, heartening even, to read this speech from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment of all people. It’s full of commonsense and realism.