Would it have been cheaper just to raise the eligibility age to 67 for New Zealand superannuation? By 2022, either health or education spending could have been 15% higher.
Instead of what? @NZSuperfund contribution resumption @taxpayersunion
14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, public economics
.@SenSanders opposed the reforms that caused this
14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics Tags: top 1%
Reaganonomics to blame again
10 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics
1916 Conscription plebiscite pamphlet is still basis of Australian national security policy. New Zealand’s too. (Keep war at a distance; have a great and powerful friend).
02 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
Gun deaths by cause
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: gun control
Trump’s “Tools of Persuasion” according to Dilbert creator Scott Adams
28 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, political psychology
.@NZSuperFund still struggles to beat reference portfolio @TaxpayersUnion; 1.45% p.a. since inception
26 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
from https://www.nzsuperfund.co.nz/performance-investment/monthly-returns
Little wonder that no hedge fund headhunts from the New Zealand superannuation fund. Their staff turnover ratios are below 10% and often 5% and the CEO is paid a pittance by hedge fund standards.
Page 32 of "An Illustrated Guide to Income" more economic #dataviz at: bit.ly/12SEI9p http://t.co/HYm0II2UNI—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) May 08, 2013
Page 33 of "An Illustrated Guide to Income" more economic #dataviz at: bit.ly/10M7lqR http://t.co/FcmaqZWB32—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) May 09, 2013
Dissecting Donald Trump (Scott Adams Pt. 1)
25 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, political psychology
Right about the great skill of Trump at winning attention of voters, and entertaining his base.
What would @golrizghahraman do if this was a Northlands beach? @AmnestyNZ
25 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in Economics of international refugee law, politics - New Zealand
Do Kiwis who move to Australia still raise the IQs of both countries?
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand
If immigration lowers wages in New Zealand, political parties should be cheering every New Zealander who leaves because their emigration will raise wages here!? But none of them do that. They welcome returning New Zealanders.
Source: Immigration Economics: A Review David Card and Giovanni Peri, April, 2016.
Did @Greens @NZGreens @SenSanders denounce the wet feet, dry feet policy applied to Cuban refugees?
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in Economics of international refugee law, International law, Marxist economics, politics - USA
Asked about three specific Cuba policies — the Cuban Adjustment Act; wet-foot, dry-foot; and the immigration status of Cuban nationals convicted of state and federal crimes — Sanders said he didn’t know enough about them to opine.
Climate alarmists are getting a fair shake of the media reporting
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
Nacu-Schmidt, A., Oonk, D., Pearman, O., Boykoff, M., Daly, M., McAllister, L., and McNatt, M. (2017). United States Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2017. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Web. [Date of access.] http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/media_coverage.
The climate alarmist gravy train
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
Source: Tol, Richard S J (2017) The structure of the climate debate. Energy Policy, 104. pp. 431-438.
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