Year: 2016

Unaffordable housing does not have to be the price we have to pay for living in a globally connected city. And telling people on average incomes to just put up with it is the modern equivalent of Marie Antoinette’s ‘Let them eat cake’.

Rather than trying to define his time in office by some eye-catching policy reforms or projects, John Key’s measure of success was that New Zealand was doing well under his management.

Those who do not condemn the evil tyranny of Castro, should spare us their moral judgements on others.

What if people were best placed to figure out for themselves what is good for them and what is not?

According to most commentators, the election of Donald J. Trump signifies the end of the West, the end of the international post-War framework, or at least the end of the United States. I beg to differ.

Have we ever witnessed a stranger US election campaign? What started off looking like a bad joke has now become a possibility: Reality TV star and self-proclaimed business genius Donald Trump becoming the 45th US President.

On capitalism by another name, explaining Trump, the perils of health hype, understanding inequality, Brexit’s language barrier, Ikea economics and more.

The CETA fiasco has seriously diminished the EU’s reputation as an organisation to do business with. Any other country thinking about doing trade deals with the EU will now think twice.