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...
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rmacculloch
- Sep 20
- 2 min
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 19
- 2 min
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 18
- 2 min
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 16
- 4 min
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 12
- 2 min
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 7
- 2 min
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 6
- 2 min
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 5
- 2 min
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 4
- 2 min
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...
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