Power of the People
New Zealand is a country where you can change the course of an election by asking someone a question …
Tag: 2022 September
When Things Don’t Work
There’s a world of hidden subsidies out there propping our pleasant first world experience of life
Goodbye traffic lights
New Zealand took a major step in its COVID-19 trajectory this week, removing the traffic light system which (theoretically) controlled behaviour according to numbers of cases of COVID-19. Are we glad to see it go?
Inappropriate Incentives
Having bought an EV which we can charge off our PV panels, for the first time in my life I almost like driving. But is this a good thing?
Excess Profits
When is a profit excess? And should governments step in when they consider excess profit is being made? New Zealand supermarkets are a case in point.