Employment
A Free Market Win
Labor has spotted a genuine restraint on liberty. We’ll see in due course whether they finish the job and pass the reforms.
The Life and Times of a Bricklayer/Stonemason
The final laugh was when working on a new school where two bricklayers, in their rush to make money as they were on bonus, suddenly found they had bricked themselves into a store room: they had forgotten the door opening.
The Limits of Cleverness Versus Capitalism
If Labour and Sepuloni are returned to government, this time with the influence of the Greens and Te Pāti Māori, how much worse will these numbers get?
If Welfarism Matters, the Choice Is Clear
In so much as employment is desirable, the left sees a major role for the state in provision and guarantee of work; the right largely sees provision of work as a role for the private sector. The first hampers the second.
Who’s Going to Create The Jobs?
I've examined what every major party is proposing to do about unemployment.
The College Bubble Is Slowly Deflating
Cutting prices may be the only way to survive for Big Ed.
DEI – ‘All Caucasians’ Are Racist
The brief goes further than simply urging Supreme Court review. It condemns this form of DEI training in general, suggesting that employers may engage in discrimination by requiring it.
New Welfare Policies Only Raise More Questions
It will move people around in the benefit system rather than out of it.
New Zealand’s Gateway to Indentured Labour
How a visa scheme designed to fill labour shortages led to exploitation – and a pathway to permanent migration.
Witch Hunt Nears Its Grisly End
A pack of witch hunters pops Janet Dickson’s career. Who are the real witches?
Hipkins’ Play for the Māori Seats
At every election, Labour promises to solve the problems of its own making. And sadly, many Māori keep believing the promise.