GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Capitalism needs to serve the State
I’m reading Nicholas Shaxson’s excellent new book The Finance Curse. Here’s part of a paragraph that jumped out at me yesterday:
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Thank you all for your messages of support
Thanks for all the messages of congratulation – too many for individual replies.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – This is one of the graphs I worry about.
It comes from the Reserve Bank and if you look at the vertical blue stripes you will see that Household Debt in New Zealand is rising.It’s now about 170% of Nominal Disposable Income – so we are spending a lot more than we are earning.
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GUEST BLOG: PHILIP PATSTON: Our justice system – no guns or big guns – and nothing in between
What troubled me about this was that I had only two choices in terms of alerting someone to the obviously unusual experience of having a stranger come to my door asking for a cigarette: to do nothing or call the Police. It concerns me that there are only “no guns or big guns”, and nothing in between.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – I think we should dump Guy Fawkes Day, keep the fireworks and remember Parihaka Instead.
It makes no sense to me why a historical act of religious terrorism from Britain should eclipse an historical event far more deeply wedded to us in terms of identity and values.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – The fight for the Waitemata waterfront
The news of another waterfront stadium, this one to be sunk in the harbour is the latest in a long list of controversial waterfront developments proposed or under way.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – More rat shit in prison food
I’m determined to ensure all prison kitchens are safe for their 10,000 inmate “clients”, but also for the many officers, officials and outside gatherings that are occasionally served food prepared in the kitchens.
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Jami-Lee Ross – National Affairs and the Public Interest
Selwyn Manning is the founding editor of Scoop, The Daily Blog and is now editor at Evening Report. He was a press secretary in the Helen Clark Government and one of New Zealand’s most respected political commentators. His investigation into the sectioning of Jami-Lee Ross raises serious and dark questions that require immediate analysis.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Rat shit in prison food
Last week Daniel’s lunch arrived with rat droppings in it. His request for a replacement was refused and he told me. I advised him to lodge a formal complaint, which he did.
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GUEST BLOG: City Vision – South Auckland holds the key to the Entrust Election
Wealthier areas of Auckland traditionally have a much higher voter turnout than other parts of Auckland benefiting C&R (National Party aligned candidates) in the Entrust Election. The daily voting document returns as at 19 October showed the Remuera area at 11.5% compared to the area around Manukau at just over 6%. Fortunately there is still time to vote. There are important community issues at stake.