I see Kiwiblog cat calling the Labour party as Communist, because it wants to have a bunch of policy settings that are seen as either common or at least admissible nowadays – but were revolutionary in the mid-nineteenth century. I honestly don’t see the point in doing this. The Cold War is over now, and […]
Double-barrel question today – make sure to answer them separately, or point out if you are only answering one part. The answers to both questions are not obvious btw: In New Zealand, the government is now a larger part of the economy than it was under Muldoon. In New Zealand, the government should be a […]
I see that the Spirit Level authors are in town, and as a result there was a recent Herald article took aim at income inequality in New Zealand, relying strongly on the book ‘The Spirit Level’. A conversation about the inequalities society believes are fair, or at least justifiable, is a good thing. However, the […]
There is excellent commentary on the Budget here (Kiwiblog, Economics NZ) and really cool visualisations by Keith Ng here (his post here). I suggest looking at those, it is much better than anything I can offer here. However, I can’t help talking. And looking through the budget documents I felt that something has been confirmed for […]
I realise people are probably pretty excited about the Budget later today – as that is something some people tend to get excited about. I remember my family used to buy copies of the Budget documents, and go on and on about them – although I’m fairly sure I never saw them actually read them […]
The Green party has announced a “Green Investment Bank” to help facilitate investment in green industries (release, discussion, paper). I am not against it per se, and given they are saying that in the first year they will have a working group to determine the details there isn’t too much I can dig my teeth […]