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Why NZ Needs to Keep Both China and the USA Happy

Why NZ Needs to Keep Both China and the USA Happy

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 The Prime Minister’s recent visit to Washington, during which she seemed to have signed New Zealand up as a strongly pro-US outpost in the South Pacific – and

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What Bruce Lee Might Say about the Economy…

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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Musk Declines to Save Twitter from Itself

Musk Declines to Save Twitter from Itself

Jeffrey A Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A Tucker is founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and 10 books in five languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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From Independence to Dependence on Other Nations

From Independence to Dependence on Other Nations

Ronald Stein Dr Jay Lehr cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. CFACT Senior Science Analyst

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Tourism Hits an Absolutely New Low

Tourism Hits an Absolutely New Low

Hey! You wanna come to New Zealand? It is a great place to visit! Please come on over – we would be delighted to see you. But there is just one thing. We are slightly short on workers right now, so how about… you change your own sheets? We’ll give

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Declaring Intellectual Independence

Declaring Intellectual Independence

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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The Fairy Princess in Europe

The Fairy Princess in Europe

Jacinda is wrapping up her European tour, which her minions in the media are describing as an unmitigated success. Pictured in a white, floaty dress with Boris Johnson, she looked more like a bride than a prime minister. She ought to confer with Mrs Johnson, who is commended for her

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Face of the Day

Part of the PM’s visit to Europe has involved encouraging tourists to return to NZ. On a Facebook Live, she said, “We had three main goals for this trip, as had been the case with others so far: really focused on making sure that the world knows we are

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Losing the narrative

Friday Fact – Mound Becomes Mountain

Today’s Friday Fact is brought to you by The Facts. Did you know that this Government’s Net Core Crown Debt doubled in just three years? The debt mound has become a mountain. Are we OK with this increase in government debt? Notes: * The data series provided by Treasury

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Loopy Government

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Why One of the Wealthiest Empires Disintegrated in 17 Years

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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Energy Shortages, Inflation the New Norm?

Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. With worldwide refinery closures outpacing new construction,

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Name One Thing ‘Experts’ Have Got Right

Name One Thing ‘Experts’ Have Got Right

We live in an age of the Tyranny of Experts. Which is, of course, something the elite have wanted ever since Plato declared that the hoi polloi were too stupid to be allowed to meddle in the business of government and that the state should instead be ruled by a

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Govt Actions Like a Skit from Monty Python

Govt Actions Like a Skit from Monty Python

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Only this government could hire thousands of bureaucrats to take money from New Zealanders and then hundreds more to work out how to give the money back. The Government was dragged kicking and screaming to admit there was a cost of living crisis. Its $350

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Why Child Prodigies in Economics Are So Rare

Chris Loukas fee.org Chris Loukas was born in Greece and is an economic journalist and the youngest member of the Greek team in the international economics Olympiad for 2022. His articles have been featured by the Foundation for Economic Education, the Mises Institute and Adam Smith Works. I was

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