Reserve bank cuts OCR to record low
The Reserve Bank just cut the OCR to a historic low of 2%. And no it’s not good (economic) news.
The great slowdown
Eight years after the Global Financial Crisis the major western economies are stagnant. Is this the new norm?
Open mike 11/08/2016
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Daily Review 10/08/2016
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Labour on student debt – beware of clickbait headlines
“Revealed: Labour’s plan to wipe student debt”. Nope. Saved you a click.
The Nauru files
Once again a whistleblower / leaker has done the world a service. Shame on Australia.
Grow the Commons
Robert Guyton on reclaiming the Commons one plant at at time.
On #Planetkey everyone owns a home
In Parliament yesterday John Key showed a clear lack of understanding of what being poor in New Zealand entails.
Open mike 10/08/2016
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Leggett in Parkin’s pocket?
Former Councillor Chris Parkin interviewed in Wellington’s DomPost shared his ambitions – investing in property in central Wellington, and getting Porirua mayor Nick Leggett elected in Wellington, of all places. Word has it that large billboards for Leggett around the town have been funded by Parkin. The last thing Wellington needs is a mayor who’s in a property investor’s pocket.
Daily Review 09/08/2016
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Clinton on “trickle down” economics
Lefties have been saying it since forever, but it’s nice to have Hillary Clinton on record.
PSA
Yeah Happy Birthday JK. But – does anyone actually fall for this?
Labour’s Kiwibuild is popular
More good news for the political left in the fine print of yesterday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll.
John Key’s Lies Since the 2014 Election (UPDATED)
There is one item on the list concerning whether John Key knew about the brewing trade squabble with China regarding the dumping of cheap steel on the local market.
Why are wages flat?
The Nats would have you believe that the economy is in good shape, in which case there is no excuse for the ongoing stagnation of wages. Of course it’s not as simple as that.
Open mike 09/08/2016
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Newshub Poll: Key Stuffed
The latest Reid Research poll is grim reading for the Nats. Labour and the Greens are closing fast.
Daily Review 08/08/2016
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Wahine toa
Nanaia Mahuta will tomorrow become the first woman MP to wear the moko in Parliament.
NRT: Calling bullshit on “P-contamination”
I/S at No Right Turn writes on meth testing, false positives, and Housing NZ.
Financial capital is crazy OP. Time to strip it back to basics.
Financial capital is way over powered in our current political economic system. Every aspect of our lives has been financialised and securitised, from our homes to our educations. From our drinking water to our power supply.
Nats contradicting each other on panicked infrastructure policy
From Newshub:
Stiglitz on the globalisation revolt
Globalisation is facing a popular revolt. Economist Joseph Stiglitz explains why.
Open mike 08/08/2016
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The Unitary Plan: Rodney’s Dream
Rodney Hide must be sleeping well, because Auckland’s proposed Unitary Plan will deliver all he and his NACT patrons ever hoped for. The Council should reject the Plan in its current form, cherry-pick those aspects consistent with a democratic and liveable city and sheet home the responsibility to those that created the mess.
Happy Birthday WWW
Despite being an early adopter I completely failed to spot the potential of the web.
Lefty book reviews: Don’t Buy It
Cross-posted from Boots Theory. Where to start with Anat Shenker-Osorio’s Don’t Buy It: The Trouble With Talking Nonsense About The Economy? This review […]
Foreskin’s lament
The Waikato Chief’s mad Monday shows that Rugby’s attitude to women are still mired in the past and a threat to New Zealand’s interests, as well as an affront to all women.
Open mike 07/08/2016
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Wasted food and carbon footprint
The Italian intiaitive encouraging supermarkets to give unsold food to those in need is a great move. Helps the poor, reduces waste, win win. But it’s just a start. We need to massively change attitudes and behaviour to reduce food waste.
A timely reminder
Al Jazeera on NZ homeless – watch it and weep
Al Jazeera: Once a pioneer of the social welfare state, New Zealand now has over 40,000 people who are homeless, forced to live in their cars and in garages as a result of rapid house price and rent rises and a shortage of social housing. Al Jazeera … charts the country’s fall from and egalitarian society to one with deep divisions of wealth
Open mike 06/08/2016
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Daily Review 05/08/2016
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Housing dreams should not be blocked
Unions Auckland’s Housing Action Committee is planning to highlight the homeless crisis tomorrow by protesting at a Block NZ’s open home to highlight the absurdity of the current housing market.