Max Keiser and Stacey Herbert have just done a great episode of the Keiser Report with Dr Guy Standing of the international Basic Income Earth Network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBJlU4xIxBk They cover: - How a globalised plutocracy has constantly shifted income share to capital and away from labour.…
A couple of good pieces on Helen Clark recently. One on global challenges: Helen Clark discusses the global challenges facing humanity The planet is under pressure like never before. With a ballooning population consuming ever-more of its resources, the profligate way in which humanity operates…
It must be the pressure is getting to him and he is getting bored as his stint as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Because John Key is doing some pretty stupid stuff. The latest is his insulting a young 16 year old woman who asked…
An excellent piece by Graham Adams - well worth reading the whole thing in Metro, but here are some extracts: How bizarre Is New Zealand becoming the Absurdistan of the South Pacific? Graham Adams reflects on the slow unravelling of a small democracy. Absurdistan was…
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Hopefully the TPPA is sinking again. The much heralded final conference has apparently been delayed by many hours. Trade ministers and officials had set a goal to reach an agreement by today and a press conference on the decision was due to be held at…
So the news on Labour's first paper from its "Future of Work" Commission revolves around "ex-Labour member" Phil Quin noticing some missing quote marks and National making gleeful diversions from it. At least Phil Quin isn't attacking the party while being quoted as "Labour insider"…
Well blow me down. I thought Cameron Slater's and Jason Ede's investigation of a clearly crippled Labour server was as clear an example of hacking as you could imagine. But the Police has decided that nothing untoward has occurred and are refusing to charge them.…
I'm not that impressed with the assumptions that Labour's Future of Work Commission appears to be making: a shiny high tech world where NZ businesses invest in advanced automation and information technologies to make large portions of today's workforce redundant. It seems driven by memes…
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