Things are not looking good for the Ardern government. Not only is it sliding drastically in the polls, but its $55 million legacy media slush fund can clearly only buy so much loyalty. Especially when New Zealand’s economic situation is deteriorating to the point that even the bought-and-paid-for media
Paul Frijters Gigi Foster Michael Baker brownstone.org Paul Frijters is a Professor of Wellbeing Economics at the London School of Economics: from 2016 through November 2019 at the Center for Economic Performance, thereafter at the Department of Social Policy Gigi Foster, senior scholar of Brownstone Institute, is a Professor
Jeff Deist mises.org Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker and advocate for property, markets and civil society. He previously worked as a longtime advisor and chief of staff to Congressman Ron Paul, for whom he wrote hundreds of articles
Louis T March mercatornet.com Louis T March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. One thing demographers have
In a rather telling admission, Grant Robertson has conceded that socialism doesn’t work. Of course, Robbo would never dare say such a thing openly – not with his Dear Leader being a former president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. In fact, it’s almost certain that he doesn’
Two pieces of information were released yesterday that show that the economic tide has turned against the Labour Government. The first was the revelation that government spending has exploded rather dramatically, by a massive 41.3% in just four years. But the news gets worse, as the latest forecast for
Don Brash was interviewed on Wednesday by Tim Dower on NewstalkZB. Don Brash told him that Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has a major inflation issue on his plate. “If the inflation number tomorrow is seven per cent or above, it will be the highest since 1988.” Don Brash If
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Today’s inflation figures are the direct result of Labour’s addiction to borrowing and spending and Kiwi families are paying an almighty price. The Government’s refusal to take responsibility is the equivalent of it giving the middle finger to middle New Zealand. Its
On April 19 2022 the runaway catastrophic anthropogenic global warming temperature anomaly had reached the dizzying heights of exactly 0.0 °C above the long term average temperatures on April 19 for the period 1979–2000. Don’t believe me? I have proof from the Climate Change Institute at the
I saw a comment on Twitter from someone who claimed that his mortgage of approximately $350,000 was going to cost him about $7,500 more a year because of interest rate increases. I thought these numbers simply didn’t stack up. That is a very big increase in mortgage
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Capitalist Information Opinion The Industrial Revolution, which started about the time of the American Revolution, transformed the world in significant ways. Mass-production methods were invented and perfected, huge numbers moved to cities to seek employment, new products became widely available and incomes rose exponentially – with no inflation to speak of
Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. The Reserve Bank’s .5% increase
