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The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies. […] For Marx, an acceleration in the turnover of capital, concentrating wealth in the hands of the few, would result in a continuous
Julian Adorney mises.org Julian Adorney is a writer and marketing consultant with the Foundation for Economic Education (fee.org), and has previously written for National Review, The Federalist and other outlets. A recent report by the Manhattan Institute (a conservative think tank) showed that critical race theory (CRT) concepts
Peter Thompson Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson’s announcement of planned legislation requiring big online platforms such as Google and Meta/Facebook to “pay a fair price” to New Zealand news media for their content was welcomed by many as much-needed support for
Imagine the Labour Party as a tree – a fruit tree. On this tree are 64 pieces of fruit representing the number of MPs in the Labour Caucus. Sixty-four fruit loops if you like. Maybe we should show them some kindness (Jacinda’s buzzword) and call them lemons. Both terms
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Great news! COP 27 confirmed at their recent conference in Egypt that the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expects the global temperature to increase by only 2.5 0C by 2100. Not such great news is that the IPPC’s former prediction of a
One of the main differences between Tory parties and Socialist parties is their relative attitudes towards working class people. On the whole Tories quite like working class people and want them to get on in life; Socialists, by contrast, consider working class people voting fodder and a monolithic group who
It was surely one of the most staggering moments of hypocrisy in Australian history: in the same week that the Labor government connived to censure a former PM for the first time since Federation, it was indulging in an orgy of lionising former PM Gough Whitlam. Where’s the hypocrisy?
It has always been questionable how much collective grey matter there is in the Labour Party Caucus. Now we have it confirmed: not a lot. In fact, a distinct paucity. They have as much political nous as a mouse ignoring a block of cheese. These 64 miscreants presumably harbour ambitions
Colin Parkinson Dear Simeon I have tried many times to get you to speak up about the mRNA”vaccines” and mandates, yet you were mostly silent. “Unvaccinated” staff are still unable to return to work in our public hospitals in the midst of a “global pandemic” and now we have
According to the inflation calculator on the Reserve Bank website, the $1 on “decimal currency day” in 1967 is now $20.85. To put that another way, our currency has been devalued by 95% since its creation a mere 55 years ago, causing huge damage to our economy and nation
Phil Green What I believe we are witnessing is the youth arm of the tribal governance league, establishing the illegal appropriation of ‘koha’. Koha is described as a payment-in-kind, or a gift, yet I believe in the present situation it’s also considered, by both the youths and
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Labour Party used to advocate for a properly-funded, multi-platform public broadcaster. There was real merit in the proposal to set this up
Desperation makes people do strange things. Jacinda Ardern must be really desperate now, after a series of polls that clearly show we are done with her and her party of clowns, buffoons, racists and chancers. She’s going to do that which she has steadfastly refused to do for quite
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Tim Lindsey The University of Melbourne Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Indonesia’s controversial new criminal code was passed into law on Tuesday, replacing a clunky old code dating back to at
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. In a discussion document released yesterday entitled Arms regulations: Review of fees 2022 Police seek to recover the full cost of administering many of the laws and regulations covering the ownership and use of firearms, together with the partial cost in some instances,
