Daniel Lacalle mises.org Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). He is a professor of global economy at
Plus ça Change, as they say in France: “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. It’s coming up on three years since Victorians made Jeff Kennett premier, and, as it was back then, the state is an economic basket-case, thanks to a Labor government. Of course,
As we all know, there’s nothing a corporate green loves so much as the green of taxpayer’s money. They’re not so keen, however, on paying their “fair share” of tax themselves. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) will release its final decision this Thursday on new rules
Andrew Moran libertynation.com Economics Correspondent at LibertyNation.com. Andrew has written extensively on economics, business, and political subjects for the last decade. He also writes about economics at Economic Collapse News and commodities at EarnForex.com. He is the author of “The War on Cash.” You can learn more
Electric cars are supposedly the wonder-transport of the future. Except that, as I’ve previously posted, the reality falls far short of the hype. On an environmental analysis, there’s little support for the claim that EVs are “better for the planet”. Nor is there much of a moral case
David Seymour ACT Leader Grant Robertson should be able to connect the Government’s floundering COVID response with money printing and rising costs of life and housing, but can’t or won’t. New Zealand had the second largest fiscal policy response in the OECD, before Delta hit. The Government
Hydrogen is suddenty the big thing gripping the febrile minds of climate alarmists and the “renewable” energy troughers who scurry behind them, hands outstretched. Like fusion power, it’s just a few years away, supposedly, from being a cheap, abundant and clean energy source. But, also like fusion power, is
Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture The primary sector has been working with Government on how they might lower greenhouse gas emissions outside of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The Government plans to have the primary sector pay for emissions by 2025, which will
Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Information Satire Darlings of the political Left in Washington (USA) and Wellington (New Zealand) have been nominated for consideration for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. Joe Biden and Jacinda Ardern have been duking it out through 2021 in the specialist economic space of Quickest
Dr Rainer Zitelmann fee.org Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is a historian and sociologist. He is also a world-renowned author, successful businessman, and real estate investor. Zitelmann has written more than 20 books. His books are successful all around the world, especially in China, India, and South Korea. His most recent
Yesterday’s move by the Reserve Bank to raise the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% is what most commentators were picking given the worrying direction that the cost of living has taken, says National Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “Kiwis across New Zealand will have noticed
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Inflation is now with global warming, the big international news story to worry about post Covid. Most commentators see it as a one-off burst which I believe will be the situation in America, Asia and Western Europe. But in the developed world no country will
Pish Posh Now the incompetent fools in Wellington have teamed up with the incompetent fools at the Reserve Bank to attempt to wreck the New Zealand Dollar by digitising it. Having wrecked our housing market, escalated inequality and spectacularly fallen from grace by bungling the Covid response, the Labour Government
I watched the Groundswell protest in Westport this weekend. Westport is a small place, and didn’t even run a Groundswell protest last time. But this time, they were there in spades… tractors, trucks, utes, even large articulated vehicles from the local carrier. And the best part was the support
In June of this year, government debt had ballooned to $102 billion, from $58 billion in 2019. Yes, there has been a pandemic, and the cost of wage subsidies, business support, medical equipment and setting up testing stations and MIQ has been considerable, but this was a huge jump by
