In the Spinoff last week, it was commented, when referring to the impact on local media by Facebook and Google: A good interim solution would be to stop trying to find a direct and unequal value exchange between news media and the platforms and to instead raise a tax on digital giants directly. … [Read more...]
Government intervention in the “market” could address housing challenges
The Government assisted the housing market post Christchurch earthquakes. It interfered with the market. Have a look at the gap between our housing affordability and the rest of NZ on the graph below which was in Newsroom this week. We always had a slight margin but this graph shows that it … [Read more...]
We need to have a mature discussion about how we can find other uses for the Convention centre:
It’s time for a community discussion about how this City will use the Convention Centre. It has cost $500m+ to build. What are we going to use it for? It has closed off Christchurch streets. Somebody rang me recently and suggested that it should have been painted white; to go with its elephant … [Read more...]
Politicians and media “commentators” need to be realistic or they will get ripped up
When Boris Johnson appeared in front of 10 Downing Street recently this was one reaction to his speech: “Many will be looking at our apparent success,” Boris continued. At which the only sound to be heard was of jaws hitting the pavement. To be fair, even he looked a bit embarrassed at that … [Read more...]
Let us learn from our earthquake disaster:
I enjoyed this article from James Dann in the Spinoff https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-05-2020/we-have-another-once-in-a-lifetime-chance-to-rebuild-will-we-squander-it-again/ There were several really good quotes: Writing for The Spinoff, Roger Dennis looks at one of the important splits … [Read more...]
USA the land of the Free??
It’s easy to visit places like San Francisco and New York and revel at the pace, and the excitement, of life. It’s easy to throw a coin in a beggar’s bowl, and feel that you have done something small for that person’s life. It’s possible to walk past people on the streets and not realise how bloody … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 12 May 2020
The grim reaper reminds us of the impending environmental disaster: … [Read more...]
This week’s Kathryn Dalziel
Employment is a matter on our minds, as we worry about either our jobs, or those of friends and family. Often our friends will be people who run businesses we frequent. This week we have Kathryn Dalziel, an employment lawyer speaking about employment and the responsibility of employer and … [Read more...]
Regional Development leading to NZ Jobs:
There’s something about Winston Peters that I really like. There’re also bits I don’t. But it was interesting what Winston Peters said in Parliament this week. The NZ Herald reported it like this: Essentially, Peters wants New Zealand to use import substitution where it can - that is to … [Read more...]
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub speaks about the economy in a post crisis world
Last week I wrote about a talk I heard Shamubeel Eaqub give at the “Unconference” organised by Steven Moe and team. Shamubeel spoke about: As we move past the crisis what will this mean for the economy? What are the essential principles we are learning that will apply to set a foundation that … [Read more...]
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