Does the National Business Review believe Wealthy People are Lazy?
You would think the National Business Review (NBR) would refrain from attacking wealthy people, since its customer base is business folks...
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rmacculloch
Apr 24, 20231 min read
The PM Supports Monopoly Power throughout most of our Economy
It may seem like an odd headline, so here's the argument: = In education, Hipkins believes in a single State monopoly supplier, better...
rmacculloch
Apr 22, 20234 min read
Is the NZ Herald Trying to Fix the 2023 General Election?
More than 2.2 million Kiwis read the Herald each week across print & digital. That gives it the power to sway elections. Just ask Rupert...
rmacculloch
Apr 20, 20231 min read
Hilarious Headlines about the CPI Lay Bare the Bias within our Mainstream Media
Today, it was announced that inflation fell from 7.2% to 6.7% due to a "steep and sudden drop in imported inflation". Now take a look at...
rmacculloch
Apr 20, 20231 min read
The PM makes it up again, this time on Comms staff
The PM has been defending the rise in Comms staff in the public service, which amounts to a 57 percent increase since Labour took office....
rmacculloch
Apr 17, 20231 min read
This Nobel Laureate's view on Monetary Policy must make our government tremble in its election boots
Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times last week: "And it will be a real tragedy if exaggerated fear of inflation causes the Federal...
rmacculloch
Apr 17, 20232 min read
How Minister Robertson & Governor Orr Snatched Economic Defeat from the Jaws of NZ's Covid Victory
This election year will see the two most powerful influencers of economic outcomes in NZ - one elected, the other not - try to rewrite...
rmacculloch
Apr 13, 20232 min read
The IMF says NZ has the worst Current Account Deficit out of all 40 "Advanced Nations" in the world
Sometimes one does think the Kiwi media are really trying hard to play games with the news. The International Monetary Fund just...
rmacculloch
Apr 5, 20232 min read
The Rocky Horror Reserve Bank Show
In 2019, in an article for Newsroom, I argued the RBNZ had morphed from being a key institution of State of which we were proud to one...
rmacculloch
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Newshub stirs anger toward "rich, old people" (and gets it wrong in the process)
It's time to hold our mainstream media to account. Hot on the heels of the NZ Herald running a series of misleading articles about trends...
rmacculloch
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Did the NZ Herald mislead the public when it stated youth crime was falling?
In a series of prominent articles featured in the NZ Herald, it was argued that the public had been duped into thinking that youth crime...
rmacculloch
Apr 1, 20232 min read
Nothing PM Chris Hipkins says on economics makes sense to me - it's just virtue signaling nonsense
The government has announced an increase in benefits to help it buy the election. It has also increased the minimum wage by $1.50 per...
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