The road to peace in the world
Let us take as a given that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an outrageous breach of international law without justification….
Mike Treen
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Opinion: Why is SkyCity harvesting workers sick leave
It seems clear that SkyCity is claiming the full special leave subsidy for workers sick with Covid whist forcing them…
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Why I oppose social insurance
It will probably be a surprise that someone whose day job is as a union advocate will oppose the proposed…
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A warning from The Economist
This article from The Economist is a bit difficult to extract the central facts from or understand their significance. So,…
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The OECD’s 4 charts on NZ’s housing unaffordability crisis from The Kaka
OECD cites RBNZ actions in big house price move Robertson and the Reserve Bank have previously denied responsibility for the…
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Two more economic graphs that should have us worried in Aotearoa
There is an inevitable “correction” coming with the inflationary storm being unleashed by late capitalism. This will lead to higher…
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Looking forward to 2022 – social liberation or fascism?
2021 has been an extraordinary year. Capitalism has demonstrated it is incapable of protecting people’s lives or living standards. Quite…
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Universal entitlements – the welfare “reform” we desperately need
Right-wingers oppose state-provided social programs like education, health, and welfare services on the grounds that they create powerful and wasteful new bureaucracies. But it’s means-tested benefits, not universal programs, that empower bureaucrats to act like petty tyrants.
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Why we are creeping towards a crisis of the system
A few weeks ago the Reserve Bank governor made the extraordinary claim that house prices were unsustainable but that the Reserve Bank had played only “a bit part” in the problem
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Letter from Hon Kris Faafoi
Helping Immigration New Zealand prosecute a case against an alleged Immigration fraudster has cost them this right. That does not seem fair.