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What Happened to the Big ‘Immigration Reset’?

What Happened to the Big ‘Immigration Reset’?

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Warning Long read: 1891 words The government promised a major reform of New Zealand’s immigration system, but

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They Won’t Do What They Need to Do to Reduce Inflation

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. Warning Long read. 1376 words. By the early Spring of 1696, England was on the brink of a major currency crisis

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Green Dreams Cause Food Nightmare

Green Dreams Cause Food Nightmare

As I recently wrote, Sri Lanka is facing economic collapse and even famine, solely as a consequence of its government’s decision to mandate organic farming across the country. Consider it a cautionary tale and get ready to tighten your belts: the same may yet happen here. The world is

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2022 Is Looking Remarkably Like 2008 (And 1974)

2022 Is Looking Remarkably Like 2008 (And 1974)

Information Opinion Nothing contained in this opinion piece constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, or endorsement. It should not be taken as professional and/or financial advice. Just over a week ago a small event occurred that I didn’t pick up on until earlier today when it was drawn to my

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Seismic Cracks are Starting to Show

Seismic Cracks are Starting to Show

I always say this. The economy is like a juggernaut, or a massive cruise liner: it takes a long time to change its direction. Labour has enjoyed the positive effects of John Key’s ‘rock star’ economy for the first four years of their government, because it takes a long

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Government Proposes to Co-Own Your Home

Government Proposes to Co-Own Your Home

Mary The Australian Labor Party’s solution to the difficulties first homeowners face getting into the market has rightly been criticised on a number of fronts. The scheme has all the appearances of having been thought up on the run by people with little real-world experience. Questions have been raised

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Your Net Worth is Zero

Your Net Worth is Zero

What absolute twaddle!  Of course, my net worth is not zero!  I have assets such as: A Healthy Bank Account. Well, just make sure that you do not donate any money to a cause the government then decides it does not like.  Look what happened to those who legally donated

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How Do You like Them Apples, Jacinda?

How Do You like Them Apples, Jacinda?

How’d’ya like them apples, Jacinda? After five years of politely enduring constant sniping and cattiness from his New Zealand counterpart, Australian PM Scott Morrison has lobbed a big ol’ return serve right across the Tasman. You think things are bad in Australia, Morrison says? Just be thankful you’

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Fed Hopes for ‘Soft Landing’ for the US Economy

Alex Domash Lawrence H. Summers Harvard Kennedy School Alex Domash is a Research Fellow in the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Fellow at the Center for Global Development. He has previously worked as an Economist for the World Bank. Lawrence H. Summers

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Who Are Resigning en Masse and Why?

Carlos Carrillo-Tudela Alex Clymo David Zentler-Munro University of Essex Carlos Carrillo-Tudela is a Professor of Economics at the University of Essex, UK. He is also a co-editor of Labour Economics, The Official Journal of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE). Alex Clymo is an Assistant Professor at the Economics

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Old is Gold

Old is Gold

Chatting to friends at dinner in a West Coast town last week, we were discussing the fact that many of the local businesses seem to be struggling. Covid is part of the problem of course, as the virus has finally arrived here but it is obvious that this is not

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Time to Stop Paying the China Price

Time to Stop Paying the China Price

Whenever pundits have blithered about the Rise of China, over the last decade or so, I’m inclined to point out two things. First, remember when the Soviet Union was the rising economic powerhouse? In the early 1980s, chin-stroking analysts were adamant that the Soviet economy was surging past the

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How AI Impacts the Future of Agriculture

Robert Sparrow Mark Howard lens.monash.edu Robert Sparrow is a Professor of Philosophy, Monash Data Futures Institute Mark Howard is a Research Fellow, Philosophy, Monash Data Futures Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterial Science “The world is not data,” states a new Monash-led paper on the future of

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Brexit Was a Win for Britain

Brexit Was a Win for Britain

Remember when Brexit was going to be the end of Britain’s export trade? Of course, that was alongside the end of the entire British economy, Britain going to war with Europe, the deaths of 12,000 Britons and a hail of fire and brimstone raining down from Dundee to

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The Secret to China’s Economic Success

The Secret to China’s Economic Success

Tom Mullen fee.org Tom Mullen hosts the Tom Mullen Talks Freedom podcast and is the author of Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? and A Return to Common  Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America.

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