The Government loves to tell us that they always listen to the opinion of experts. I seriously doubt though that they will listen to the opinion of Dr Bryce Wilkinson, who has a background in public policy analysis, and comments on fiscal issues, poverty, inequality and welfare research. In 2020,
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Speech to Financial Services Council Conference It’s my pleasure to be speaking with you today, leaders of New Zealand’s financial service providers. Since I became National’s Finance Spokesperson I’ve really enjoyed meeting many of you and I’m looking forward to getting to know more of
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Three months ago, financial media company Bloomberg looked at housing markets in 30 countries and concluded that the New Zealand housing market was the one at greatest risk
Simon Angelo www.WealthMorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Information Opinion It’s the leading source of
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. The widespread embrace of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has left many government bureaucrats feeling left out. In a bid to get in on the action, many governments have floated the
Kristoffer Mousten Hansen mises.org Kristoffer Mousten Hansen is a research assistant at the Institute for Economic Policy at Leipzig University. He received his PhD from the University of Angers and is a former Mises Institute research fellow. Earlier this year, Our World in Data celebrated the fact we have
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A Tucker, founder and president of the Brownstone Institute, is an economist and author. He has written 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He writes a daily column on economics at The Epoch Times
stats.govt.nz Retail card spending rose $55 million (0.9 per cent) in August 2022 compared with July, when adjusted for seasonal effects, Stats NZ said today. chartDownload The increase largely came from spending on consumables, up $18 million (0.7 per cent). Consumables include items such as groceries
Jonathan Barrett Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jonathan Barrett teaches and researches tax and commercial law at the Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington. His PhD considers the application of human rights to a tax system. His current research interests focus on tax theory and policy, and
We all know that this government spends money like a drunken sailor, even printing a lot of it when they don’t have enough to splash around. But, what goes up must come down… and in this, I am referring to government debt rather than government spending. It seems they
Government quietly introduces $103 billion tax on KiwiSaver Financial agencies and GST experts have warned the tax will hit KiwiSaver balances hard and be passed on in the form of increased fees, while the opposition has described it as “yet another tax grab … to fleece New Zealanders of their hard-
Robert Muldoon used to brag that exporting New Zealanders to Australia raised the IQ of both countries, but lately, Australia’s importing a lot of garbage from New Zealand that’s making us dumber. And I’m not talking about Russell Crowe, phony “asylum seekers”, or sundry criminal bikers. What
JL Increased spending equates to inflation – this is basic economics taught to school children. Our kids will also learn when our political overlords mismanage mum and dad’s money they too will feel it at the till. Yet this current crop of political miscreants has the gall to blame all
Warning This article is for information purposes only and should not be construed as financial, or other, advice. Information Opinion In New Zealand there is a long history of investment in various types of real estate. Many BFD readers undertake this activity for investment purposes and have probably done rather
What does Ardern’s Government do when people stop praising it and start to complain about the high cost of living? Naturally, they say, ”Look over there!” It’s never their fault. They knew in 2018 that food products made here were cheaper to buy in Australia. Why didn’t
