Paul Frijters Paul Frijters, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a Professor of Wellbeing Economics in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, UK. He specializes in applied micro-econometrics, including labor, happiness and health economics. Co-author of The Great Covid Panic. Gigi Foster Gigi Foster, Senior
Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over 10 books to his name. His next, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, will be published in summer 2023. mercatornet.com Some readers may recall
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Melissa is a Senior lecturer (Education) at Waikato university and a Council member of the Free Speech Union. Her article below attacking diversity quotas for Maori in our shameless universities should be seen in the light of her own part-Maori heritage. When academic freedom is no
How long before it’s illegal to be a Catholic in Tasmania? At the rate that stating core Catholic beliefs is being outlawed in the state, it only seems a matter of time. When a Tasmanian bishop published a pamphlet putting the case that the Church’s teaching is that
As the Labour government promises to throw yet more buckets of cash at New Zealand’s failing universities, no one appears to be giving much thought to whether or not it would be better to simply let them fail. Or, failing that, actively putting them out of their misery. Because
If there’s one positive thing you can say about the Labour government, it’s that they look after their own. Whether it’s Mahuta Inc, grants to gangs or plunging tens of millions into the failing legacy media. Now, Labour is poised to throw money at another pack of
I enjoyed my time at university. It was definitely a time to develop my skills and grow. It helped me to strengthen my critical thinking, as well as the ability to research and analyse information. Of course, university did not turn me into a woke social justice warrior who changes
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.com I
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.com OPINION:
Robert E Wright Robert E Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the (co)author or (co)editor of over two dozen major books, book series, and edited collections, including AIER’s The Best of Thomas Paine (2021) and Financial Exclusion (2019)
Tony Kinnett Tony Kinnett is an investigative columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com As America’s public education system reports the worst literacy and math performance in decades, its schools dedicate increasingly immense portions of their time
Wera Sager When I studied German at Otago University, I was straight out of school with little life experience. It’s been said that children in a classroom may not remember much about their lessons, but they do remember how they felt. I clearly remember the warmth, tone, and cadence
Ananish Chaudhuri Ananish is a Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and has served as the Chair of the Department of Economics at Auckland from 2013 till 2019. University of Auckland theconversation.com As recent headlines have made clear, New Zealand universities are in an existential crisis
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.
As I wrote early in the pandemic, governments like New Zealand were choosing the “Moloch Option”: adults sacrificing children to their big bogeyman, in order to spare themselves. Two years later, the children are still paying the price, and the adults are still lying: blaming the Covid Monster instead of
