There is research going on right now analysing employment programmes of the past in Christchurch. The researcher is interviewing people who worked on the schemes which were operating in the 1980’s and 1990’s. If you were involved, or have ideas on what form large scale employment programmes should … [Read more...]
Gen Zero Vision for Christchurch’s Economic Recovery…
We are acutely aware of the twin pressures to minimise rate rises and increase spending to reduce the economic impacts of COVID-19. We urge you to seek help from the central government as they respond so that long-term investment is not reduced but instead expanded. We ask for increased … [Read more...]
Safety of Workers
When life returns to the streets, things will be quite different. It will take us some time to adjust to it. This week in Newsroom Rod Oram wrote this which is well worth considering as a guide to our changed lives: … [Read more...]
The planning needed for our economy post Covid-19:
As a society we need to think Regionally about how we kick start our economy. Our region is firstly Canterbury; and then the South Island. We will easily be forgotten by big demanding Auckland insisting that it must be front of the line. All politicians will rush to appease Auckland and surrounding … [Read more...]
Continuing the review of Banks:
The Aussie banks, which trade in New Zealand, were found guilty of all sorts of dishonest activities in Australia at the Royal Commission set up to study them. With any small businesses, if the Directors had faced such serious charges they would be in court, and quite possibly imprisoned. No … [Read more...]
Steven Moe’s latest interview: this time with Shamubeel Eaqub:
I really like Shamubeel. He talks about economics in a way anybody can understand. http://seeds.libsyn.com/shamubeel-eaqub-on-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-what-foundations-we-should-build-on-for-the-future Shamubeel is one of New Zealand's leading economists so this interview provides a … [Read more...]
The Challenge of the Digital Divide
Comments from the Guardian: The pandemic is a powerful reminder of the impact of the digital divide. It is building the case for treating internet access as a public utility: an essential service that needs to be properly regulated and buttressed by the state. In the UK, the government and … [Read more...]
It’s time to challenge the banks:
This week the Minister of Finance announced that the Banks had agreed to a 6-month holiday period for capital and interest payments. I thought back to the anger of people after the earthquakes, who took the holiday period for mortgage repayments finding that their mortgages were higher than what … [Read more...]
Business
It’s time to think about how exactly we could rebuild our economy, post this lockdown. There has been considerable support from the Government for business, and that is to be applauded. I am delighted to see that the Government has appointed an extraordinarily talented businessperson, Rob Fyfe, to … [Read more...]
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