Legal Threats over the Americas Cup and some Sports Economics
It has been reported that, "A retired appellate judge .. has put Royal NZ Yacht Squadron on notice that he will sue it if it allows the...
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rmacculloch
- Dec 20, 2021
- 5 min
Is the Government supporting Nature or ... itself?
The NZ Herald ran an article over the weekend about the government's Jobs for Nature program, under the heading, "Jobs for Nature creates...
rmacculloch
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Why the Relentless Partisan Bias at Newsroom?
Newsroom are featuring an article today which states, "When Christopher Luxon, leader of the National Party, asserts that, in order to...
rmacculloch
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Oops! The (Intellectually) Bankrupt Reserve Bank just went and did it again
The RBNZ has featured in the news on the issue of staff turnover, which became a line of questioning at yesterday's Finance & Expenditure...
rmacculloch
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
Hang on TVNZ's Campbell Show. You misreported the Leader of the Opposition on inequality
In an interview with John Campbell, mostly on the topic of inequality, National Party Leader Chris Luxon said his way of helping...
rmacculloch
- Dec 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Road to Hell (Wealth Taxes for Kiwis) is paved with Good Intentions
My column for the National Business Review is out and can be read at https://www.nbr.co.nz/node/232661 or below. The NZ Treasury recently...
rmacculloch
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Shaun Hendy vs The Productivity Commission: DownToEarth.Kiwi is on the Commission's Side
Outstanding NZ Herald Investigative Journalist, Kate McNamara, has done some digging & picked up on a story-line that we blogged about...
rmacculloch
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
Isn't being able to distinguish "disinformation" from "opinion" the exception rather than the rule?
Yesterday Stuff News reported on a Kiwi-based Centre's "Disinformation Project", which has been "monitoring misinformation &...
rmacculloch
- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Meet PM Ardern's twin sister: Finland's PM Sanna Marin
In economics, we like to try to draw similarities and differences between countries and their policies to understand them better. So on...
rmacculloch
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Tall Poppy Syndrome Strikes Again: The Fourth Estate tries to bring out the worst in Kiwis
Whatever one's views of National's new leader, Chris Luxon, the NZ Herald, Newshub & Stuff turned out in force to throw mud at him for...
rmacculloch
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
State computers running on AI emptied private bank accounts in Aussie
It's easy to give the Reserve Bank of NZ a hard time on so many fronts, so let's give them some credit for trying to defend the use of...
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