Daily Review 18/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 18th, 2016 - 32 comments
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Bowron on a tired government
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Date published: 2:53 pm, April 18th, 2016 - 349 comments
Jane Bowron writes in the Dominion Post: “Two things happened this week that could signal the beginning of the end of John Key and his government.”
McCully, the National Party donation and the Niue resort
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Date published: 10:05 am, April 18th, 2016 - 57 comments
Murray McCully has assured New Zealand that there is no link between the granting of valuable rights to manage a luxury resort in Niue and the making of large donations to the National Party.
Climate change – that ship has sailed
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Date published: 9:55 am, April 18th, 2016 - 57 comments
Our models and our plans for responding to climate change are already out of date.
What tax evasion robs us of – in NZ
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Date published: 7:07 am, April 18th, 2016 - 111 comments
Gareth Morgan estimates that NZ could be missing out on up to 25% of total income tax because the rich aren’t paying their fair share. What could a government do with an extra $7.5bn a year?
Open mike 18/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 18th, 2016 - 94 comments
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London – tens of thousands march against austerity
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Date published: 1:05 pm, April 17th, 2016 - 9 comments
In the UK, Cameron’s latest cuts have provoked a very public response.
Opinion pieces on Labour
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Date published: 12:29 pm, April 17th, 2016 - 51 comments
Two opinion pieces on Labour this weekend offer a full spectrum from insight to inanity.
Towards a new economic order
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Date published: 8:40 am, April 17th, 2016 - 222 comments
George Monbiot in the Guardian gives a precise and accurate description of neoliberalism and asks the question why has the left not come up with a modern alternative?
Open mike 17/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 17th, 2016 - 55 comments
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Michael Wood standing for Mt Roskill
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Date published: 3:30 pm, April 16th, 2016 - 17 comments
Michael Wood has announced his candidacy to be nominated as the Labour candidate for Mt Roskill when Phil Goff vies for the Auckland Mayoralty. I can’t think of anyone better for that role or for winning the electorate for the left. Go young Michael. This is an unsolicited and possibly unwanted endorsement from me.
A big thank you to IDG from thestandard.nz
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Date published: 9:52 am, April 16th, 2016 - 15 comments
Why we all, readers and authors, should praise IDG Communications for the generous gift of shortening this sites domain name.
Job losses everywhere
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Date published: 8:29 am, April 16th, 2016 - 57 comments
Brighter Future. Cusp of Something Special. Tell it to the newly jobless.
Only way to deal with tax evasion
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Date published: 7:38 am, April 16th, 2016 - 78 comments
Post everyone’s tax details publicly. Everyone.
Open mike 16/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 16th, 2016 - 60 comments
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Daily Review 15/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 15th, 2016 - 11 comments
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The secrecy uprising
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Date published: 2:59 pm, April 15th, 2016 - 29 comments
It is clear from John Key’s irresponsible reaction to accusations of NZ being a loosely controlled tax haven, that we are becoming an international target. Contrast that with European reactions, and then have a look at the David Brin’s prophetic reasons for the fictional Helvitica War…
The solar surcharge
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Date published: 2:39 pm, April 15th, 2016 - 98 comments
Profit gouging or genuine need?
Trickledown has failed
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Date published: 9:00 am, April 15th, 2016 - 120 comments
Two recent articles in the Guardian highlight the staggering amount of money being sent to overseas tax havens by the wealthy and how with the disappearance of work a universal basic income will become a necessity.
Panama papers – the dark side in a nutshell
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Date published: 8:13 am, April 15th, 2016 - 77 comments
Twyford on solutions to the housing crisis in Auckland
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Date published: 7:11 am, April 15th, 2016 - 41 comments
As Nick Smith flounders about uselessly, here are extracts from Phil Twyford’s speech on solutions to the housing crisis in Auckland.
Open mike 15/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 15th, 2016 - 81 comments
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Daily Review 14/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 14th, 2016 - 8 comments
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Offers of help flood in to Bill English
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Date published: 3:05 pm, April 14th, 2016 - 53 comments
Bill English’s abominable comment that young Kiwi men are “pretty damned hopeless” has caused quite a reaction. But here’s an unexpectedly positive one.
What tax evasion robs us of
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Date published: 10:47 am, April 14th, 2016 - 43 comments
An interesting piece in The Guardian looks at the costs of tax evasion, and how (in America) the missing funds could be used to fund a UBI.
Holding back our productivity
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Date published: 7:17 am, April 14th, 2016 - 72 comments
Our “business leaders” are doing an objectively poor job. Perhaps instead of insulting Kiwi workers as “pretty damned hopeless”, Bill English should be taking aim at these captains of industry.
Open mike 14/04/2016
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Date published: 6:44 am, April 14th, 2016 - 151 comments
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Daily Review 13/04/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 13th, 2016 - 14 comments
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Kiwi workers are pretty damned hopeless – says Bill English
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Date published: 4:03 pm, April 13th, 2016 - 205 comments
National are now so convinced of their invulnerability that they have taken to actively insulting us. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Another Nick Smith fail in Auckland
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Date published: 2:53 pm, April 13th, 2016 - 9 comments
How’s Nick Smith doing on the Budget plan to round up 500ha of Auckland land for housing? The answer won’t shock you!
The Divide (Spirit Level – The Movie)
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Date published: 11:18 am, April 13th, 2016 - 5 comments
Based on the breakthrough book The Spirit Level, just released film The Divide puts a human face on low wage hell. “Why aren’t we earning enough to live?”
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