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Madness at TVNZ - is a formal public apology owing to Chris Luxon?
Our State-owned broadcaster, TVNZ, engaged academics at the Public Policy Institute at one of our State Universities to "fact check" the...
rmacculloch
Sep 21, 20231 min read
TVNZ asked academics to "fact check" the leaders debate & the academics got it wrong
TVNZ asked academics at the Public Policy Institute at the University of Auckland to "fact check" statements made by the Leaders of...
rmacculloch
Sep 20, 20232 min read
The PM falsely told the AM Show the new Grocery Commissioner can ensure GST cuts are 100% passed on
When questioned by Ryan Bridge about how much of the GST cuts on fruit and vegetables supermarkets would pass on to consumers, Hipkins...
rmacculloch
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Battle of the "experts". Who are Newshubs "Highly Regarded Economists" trying to discredit the Nats?
The economics news has been dominated the past couple of weeks by Newshub insisting that the National Party's tax plan doesn't "add up"....
rmacculloch
Sep 18, 20232 min read
Knock-out Strategies for the Leaders Debate on 19 September
Personalities aside, how could Chris the Nat Leader lay a knock-out punch on Chris the Labour Leader, or vice versa? At a time when...
rmacculloch
Sep 16, 20234 min read


NZ's Big News Story should be "Treasury Pre-Election Update shows plummeting consumption per capita"
I can't make sense of the Finance Minister's statements today regards the "Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update" by the NZ Treasury....
rmacculloch
Sep 12, 20232 min read
There's not one thing in PM Chippy's "Five Economic Priorities" for Chippies in the Hutt
PM Hipkins released his Five Economic Priorities yesterday. The language is comical, using every buzz word known to motivational...
rmacculloch
Sep 7, 20232 min read

Holding the experts to account: How has Prof. Michael Baker's British Medical Journal Paper "aged"?
In academic life, we refer to whether our papers have "aged well". That is, have their claims stood the test of time? On that note, here...
rmacculloch
Sep 6, 20232 min read

The Herald calls Luxon untruthful and bases its argument on false numbers
What's gone wrong at Granny Herald? Why is the paper trying to swing an election using false numbers? Today one of its chief writer's,...
rmacculloch
Sep 5, 20232 min read
David Parker Contradicts Megan Woods who Contradicts Andrew Little on Foreign Buyers
There's nothing wrong with National's proposed 15% tax on foreigners buying houses in this country selling for over $2 million. But...
rmacculloch
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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