Nicolás Cachanosky Dr Cachanosky is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise at The University of Texas at El Paso Woody L. Hunt College of Business. He is also Fellow of the UCEMA Friedman-Hayek Center for the Study of a Free Society. He served as
Speaking to Q+A, the new finance minister suggested the outgoing Labour Government had left “some nasty surprises” in the form of “pretty significant” fiscal risks. “It’s fair to say that the outgoing government has left us with some nasty surprises. There are some fiscal risks that are pretty
For a generation who spent so much energy railing against everything old and wealthy, the Boomers in their senescence are notably addicted to money. No wonder George Carlin excoriated the Boomers as whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: “GIMME IT, IT’S MINE!” As Carlin said, Boomers were
David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer of political philosophy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. mercatornet.com Last Wednesday, Thierry Breton, EU’s Internal Market Commissioner, proudly announced on Twitter/X that he had struck a deal with MEPs to create a European “digital identity
Logan Chipkin Logan Chipkin is the Managing Editor at Brownstone. He writes about economics, science, history, and freedom and is the author of the fantasy novel, Windfall. brownstone.org At Brownstone’s third annual conference and gala, aptly called ‘Rebuild Freedom’, hundreds of scholars, writers, researchers, fellows, and supporters came
familyfirst.org.nz Big Government is Back, according to a recent article in the Financial Times. The FT says “most Western countries are spending heavily on welfare and the ‘green transition’, and with debt levels already sky high, then taxes are certain to rise significantly.” This is bad news for
Apisalome Movono Regina Scheyvens Sophie Auckram Massey University The three party leaders currently negotiating to form New Zealand’s next government might have their differences, but they seem to agree on one thing: the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme needs to expand. New Zealand, like Australia, faces critical labour shortages
Timothy Welch University of Auckland theconversation.com With National, ACT and NZ First locked in coalition negotiations, various urgent and climate-related transport challenges hang in the balance. Based on pre-election rhetoric, the Clean Car Discount (CCD) scheme may soon be gone. While popular with the public, National has criticised the
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com Over the last couple of months, there have been lots of media reports which have had the effect of encouraging people to jump back into the housing market.
In due course, we will have a new government formed and it’s been signalled there will be a ‘mini-budget’ that will involve cuts to government expenditure. All well and good: an important inflation-fighting measure desperately required, and I think I speak for the man in the street when I
As part of the party’s controversial tax plan, National proposed reversing the foreign buyers’ ban on ‘luxury’ houses worth over $2 million to help pay for tax relief. There would be a 15 per cent tax for overseas buyers who purchase a property over that price limit. But National’
John Hawkins University of Canberra theconversation.com It is not just crypto tokens that have spectacular downfalls. So can crypto personalities. Sam Bankman-Fried founded FTX, one of the world’s largest exchanges for so-called cryptocurrencies, which collapsed last year owing billions of dollars. Now he has gone from being hailed
Jack Spencer Jack Spencer is a senior research fellow for energy and environmental policy at The Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com These mandated standards, which came into effect this year, are enforced through the Building Energy Performance Standards program, which requires that building
David Brady, Jr David Brady is a Catholic libertarian and economics and finance undergraduate student at Florida Southern College. He is a co-host of the “Econphonics” podcast and a Mises Apprentice. mises.org In light of Nobel Prizes being given to two researchers of mRNA Covid-19 vaccinations, beltway establishments like
Daniel Lacalle Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat? (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). mises.org According to the US Treasury, year-end data from
Ronald Stein Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. cfact.org Worldwide crude oil consumption is currently estimated at roughly 96.5 million barrels per day. According to OPEC, global demand is expected
