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How Seventy Years of Progress Came to an End

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 ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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Crisis What Crisis?

Crisis What Crisis?

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Cash on the Ground

Cash on the Ground

Simon Angelo 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. ‘The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple

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NZ at the Bottom of the Heap

NZ at the Bottom of the Heap

Information Opinion Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura It is ironic that when Covid first entered New Zealand tighter restrictions were imposed on freedom of movement and association as the outbreak progressed and eased along with the waning of the outbreak. Now though we have a completely opposite approach, with restrictions

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Canada’s Dystopian Financial Censorship Shows Exactly Why We Need Bitcoin

Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. All eyes are on Canada. Our northern neighbor’s crackdown against anti-COVID-19 mandate “Freedom Convoy” protesters continues to escalate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has even invoked emergency powers. But things just

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The Pandemic Exposes NZ’s Supply Chain Vulnerability – Be Ready for More Inflation in the Year Ahead

Rahul Sen Sadhana Srivastava Auckland University of Technology Rahul Sen brings a considerably rich experience of university teaching & learning, research and scholarship, as well as service to the profession in the field of international trade theory and policy, over his career spanning nearly 15 years. He is presently working

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And Now, It’s Economic Warfare

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 ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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On Italian Debt and Kiwi Housing: Why This Indicator Is Flashing Red

Simon Angelo 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. My favourite Italian restaurant has been closed since the lockdowns.

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Hands up and Hand over Your Cash!

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Information Opinion Inflation sky-rocketing to nearly six per cent in 2021 is going to make life even harder than it already is for New Zealanders. The last two years have been hell on earth for the vast majority of Kiwis, and the inflationary pressure that

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Is Star Trek’s Dream Of a World without Money Utopian or Dystopian?

Is Star Trek’s Dream Of a World without Money Utopian or Dystopian?

Jon Hersey fee.org Jon Hersey is managing editor of The Objective Standard, fellow and instructor at Objective Standard Institute, and Hazlitt fellow at Foundation for Economic Education. In Star Trek: First Contact, Captain Picard explains to a 21st-century visitor, “The economics of the future is somewhat different. You see,

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Williams Toys with Rent Controls

Williams Toys with Rent Controls

Could somebody please send Poto Williams a copy of Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics? Actually, don’t bother: it’s got big words, lots of them, and no pictures. Besides, as we all know, basic economics are kryptonite to the Ardern government. Which is a pity because if they had

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New Zealanders Getting Poorer Under Labour

New Zealanders are getting poorer under the Labour Government with wage growth figures of 2.6 per cent trailing well behind inflation of 5.9 per cent, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The figures released today show that real incomes are going backwards. More and more people simply

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Government’s COVID Spend Forces Treasury Accounting Change

Government’s COVID Spend Forces Treasury Accounting Change

Yes, I know. Here comes the accountant in all her boring glory. But, try to bear with me on this, because it is important. It demonstrates yet another way in which the government is fudging the numbers, trying to make things look better than they really are. However, if you

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Economic Naivete (Or Gullibility)

Economic Naivete (Or Gullibility)

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Retired Auckland lawyer David Schnauer, instead of taking up line dancing or acquiring a stable of mistresses, has foolishly instead, opted to spend his remaining years pontificating about the economy. In a recent amateurish contribution in the NZ Herald he bemoaned the sale of New

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