Who needs enemies when you have friends like Orbán and Erdoğan?
Despite the threats of Russia, China, and stagflation, Hungary and Turkey are backstabbing the organisations they belong to – Nato and the EU. [...]
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New Zealand has crippled its labour market. Only economic illiterates would celebrate this disaster as full employment. [...] -
The Government’s economic competence will determine how long and how deep our economic downturn will be. [...] -
Whoever follows Boris Johnson as Conservative leader will have a big task of rebuilding the party and then – if voters allow – the country. [...] -
New Zealanders must realise that, in a less benign world, an independent foreign policy cannot mean neutrality. And the Prime Minister delivered that message loud and clear. [...] -
For many years, pollsters Roy Morgan and Curia have been asking New Zealanders whether the country is heading in the right direction. Apart from a few months around the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, large majorities of Kiwis have always responded “Yes”. [...] -
It is a pity we hardly teach history anymore. Or economics. Let alone economic history. Because if we knew a bit about the past, we might have a better idea of our future. Especially as we are grappling with inflation. [...] -
At the moment, a war between Greece and Turkey seems unlikely because it would be an all-around catastrophe. Then again, that is precisely why many believed Putin would never invade Ukraine. [...] -
I still believe in trial by jury. But not in the efficiency of our justice system. [...] -
No amount of virtue signalling and cultural appropriation can be a substitute for good policy-making. [...] -
Māori are not responsible for a central bank that has lost its way. [...]