Most sensible economists* understand that when you’re in a downturn the thing you must do as a country is spend, spend, spend. New Zealand doesn’t have a public debt crisis, whatever the politicians may be telling us. We have a major issue with levels of private debt, so there’s room for the government to adopt…
Good news, people! The housing crisis in Auckland is over. It turns out that we can all afford to buy houses in New Zealand’s biggest city. Those of you cowering with your children in a freezing cold garage somewhere need no longer despair. You may be unemployed, and you may not be able to afford…
I’ve been blogging on and off for about three years. It’s been fun, but I’m sure you’ll agree it’s time to take things to the next level. I think it’s time I had a newspaper column. Don’t you? So newspaper editors, just to prove how good I could be for you, I’ve set out below…
Russel Norman, Green Party This is the worst news imaginable. The Green Party are absolutely opposed to the reckless smashing up of so many particles. Isn’t it time we learned to live in harmony with our environment, rather than try to smash up subatomic bits of it? We are calling on this government to announce…
The latest column from acclaimed Papakura lawyer Harry Hindenberg As a successful and experienced lawyer, I’m always pleased to see a fellow practitioner get the acclaim he deserves for doing a good job. I don’t know Greg King personally, but he cast quite a spell over the jury during the Macdonald trial, and if I…
The acquittal of Ewen Macdonald on Tuesday has reignited debate over whether we should adopt the “Scottish Verdict” as part of our criminal justice system. I’m not a fan of Scottish innovations generally, particularly the kilt or the bagpipe. The sound of a highland bagpipe band can be most stirring, but when played badly the…
Form a government after campaigning on a platform of partial asset sales. Pass legislation to implement the partial asset sales plan. INVADE POLAND!
One of the biggest drawbacks of our democratic system is that it encourages politicking. This is a problem because whenever a major issue is before the public we get bombarded with opposing points of view. It’s bad enough that we have left vs. right, but we can’t even agree how left the left parties are,…
Everyone’s favourite libertarian authoritarian returns with a hard-hitting column I don’t watch a lot of Parliament TV, because I find my days are full enough as it is. It’s all too easy to lose oneself for up to half a day browsing through the Solo Passion site, so what I don’t need are more distractions.…
The announcement by Fairfax today that it is moving much of its content behind a paywall demonstrates that subscriptions sites are the future of the newspaper business. Who wouldn’t pay good money to read the latest celebrity news and Michael Laws columns? So convinced am I that Fairfax’s new business model does not signal the…
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