Roger Partridge writes – The Greens’ coronation of Chlöe Swarbrick at last weekend’s AGM delivered a manifesto for economic transformation that would make Soviet economists nostalgic for their glory days.
The Greens’ weekend gift to the government
The Greens’ weekend gift to the government
19 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in economic growth, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, wealth tax
Bye and Bye: Washington State Moves To Toward a “Wealth Tax” As the Wealthy Move to Leave the State
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in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, income redistribution, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: regressive left, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and savings, wealth tax
Washington State’s unofficial state motto has long been “Al-ki” which means either “bye and bye” or “by and by” in Chinook. The former meaning now seems official as Gov. Jay Inslee pushed for a “wealth tax.” Wealthy citizens are already saying bye to the state in anticipation of what one Democratic billionaire recently called a […]
Bye and Bye: Washington State Moves To Toward a “Wealth Tax” As the Wealthy Move to Leave the State
Dishonest Pimping for a Global Wealth-Tax Cartel
07 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, wealth tax
Everything you need to know about wealth taxation can be summarized in two sentences. The biggest problem with most tax systems is the pervasive tax bias against income that is saved and invested, which discourages the accumulation of capital that helps to finance future growth. Wealth taxes would dramatically increase the tax bias against saving […]
Dishonest Pimping for a Global Wealth-Tax Cartel
Discretionary trusts with few beneficiaries should add a @NZGreen MP as a discretionary beneficiary so they must pay a wealth tax on their trust wealth. 325,000 trusts own houses in NZ
30 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, public economics Tags: envy, regressive left, wealth tax
SNL destroys @SenWarren’s Medicare-for-all
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, envy, The fatal conceit, top 1%, wealth tax
Which billionaires will the @BernieSanders @SenWarren wealth tax abolish?
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: capitalism and freedom, envy, superstars, The fatal conceit, top 1%, wealth tax
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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