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Why One of the Wealthiest Empires Disintegrated in 17 Years
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. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Energy Shortages, Inflation the New Norm?
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. With worldwide refinery closures outpacing new construction,
Name One Thing ‘Experts’ Have Got Right
We live in an age of the Tyranny of Experts. Which is, of course, something the elite have wanted ever since Plato declared that the hoi polloi were too stupid to be allowed to meddle in the business of government and that the state should instead be ruled by a
Govt Actions Like a Skit from Monty Python
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Only this government could hire thousands of bureaucrats to take money from New Zealanders and then hundreds more to work out how to give the money back. The Government was dragged kicking and screaming to admit there was a cost of living crisis. Its $350
Why Child Prodigies in Economics Are So Rare
Chris Loukas fee.org Chris Loukas was born in Greece and is an economic journalist and the youngest member of the Greek team in the international economics Olympiad for 2022. His articles have been featured by the Foundation for Economic Education, the Mises Institute and Adam Smith Works. I was
The Downward Spiral is upon Us
Information Opinion So the true position is finally being revealed. The economy started to turn downwards at the beginning of the year. This is a ‘surprise’ to RNZ and a ‘puzzle’ to Stuff, but it is no surprise to most of us. We have been in a decline for months…
Tell the Full PGF Story, Minister
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Minister for Corporate Welfare Stuart Nash should tell New Zealanders the full story about what results $3,000,000,000 in taxpayers’ money funnelled through the Provincial Growth Fund has achieved. Launching the PGF, Shane Jones said: “We are being bold and we are being
How Safe Are Your Funds in the Bank?
Over the years I have had a kind of love/hate relationship with the ASB. They are nice enough people but they send me strongly worded letters from time to time – the last was in February. After several weeks of running around getting various bumflufferies together there was the slight
Mugged by the Reality of “Net Zero”
In just three weeks, the Albanese government has been thoroughly mugged by political reality. The party who boasted of a vague “plan” to “fix it” are body-slammed with simultaneous energy and cost-of-living crises, including the biggest interest rate hike in 22 years — and suddenly, the “plan” is
Google Owes $500,000 for Not Censoring Videos
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. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Consumer Sentiment Plunges to Record Low, Early June
Robert Hughes aier.org Robert Hughes joined AIER in 2013 following more than 25 years in economic and financial markets research on Wall Street. Bob was formerly the head of Global Equity Strategy for Brown Brothers Harriman, where he developed equity investment strategy combining top-down macro analysis with bottom-
The Loss of a Moral Vision
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet Warning Long read: 1880 words Fifty years ago, United States Supreme Court judges invented a right to abortion for all America after feminists (and not a few men) insisted that, for women to stand as equal citizens
Card Spending Increases in May
stats.govt.nz Seasonally adjusted card spending rose $123 million (1.4 per cent) in May 2022 compared with April 2022, making this the third consecutive monthly rise, Stats NZ said today. chartDownload Seasonally adjusted non-retail sales increased $100 million (5.5 per cent) in May. Non-retail industries
The Children We Call Our Leaders
Donald Boudreaux brownstone.org Donald J. Boudreaux is a senior fellow with Brownstone Institute and with the FA Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; a Mercatus Center Board Member; and a professor of economics and former economics-department