The 92% Tax That Nobody Ever Paid
If they spent as much energy making it easier to build a business as they do dreaming up new ways to ‘soak the rich,’ the tax base would take care of itself.
Economy
What It Actually Costs To Live ‘Green’ Like Chris Hipkins
Forget ‘let them eat cake’, now it’s ‘let them have solar’.
Why Economic Freedom Does Matter
Economic freedom is not a luxury for the rich. It is a set of rules that make it possible for the vast majority of people to do well.
Who Has the Courage To Fix This?
Declaring something impossible doesn’t make the debt disappear. It just means that the reckoning will happen on worse terms, probably in a crisis, almost certainly at the worst possible moment.
Grant Has a Point on Luxon’s Hollow Words, but His Peters’ Obsession Shows His ACT Bias
All up, not a bad effort from Damien Grant. He nails National’s dismal record on spending and ends with a call to arms: grab a chainsaw and go after the deep state bureaucrats, Javier Milei style.
Christchurch Airport Posts Strong Half-Year Growth
Passenger numbers increased 7.2 per cent to 3.4 million during the period, with international travel surging 15.2 per cent and domestic travel rising 4.8 per cent.
There Is Just Waste Everywhere
Defund da sewerage. The albatross around New Zealand’s neck.
Why Central Banks Commonly Ease up on Inflation Too Soon
These lop-sided public and political pressures commonly cause central banks to ease off on inflation too early. Jarring policy reversals are then needed.
Back-To-School Invoices Hit Like a Second Mortgage
Satire/Parody: Pavlova Post blends real headlines with made-up jokes – not factual reporting.
The Panic of 1857: An Austrian View
A massive amount of money was created, interest rates fell below the natural rate, and money flowed into malinvestments of higher-order goods like land and railroad construction.
It’s Everyone’s Fault but Theirs
Labor attack the messengers pointing out their failures.
