Andrew Gawith, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments, described the economics of farming in New Zealand as “speculative” as the financial benefits are almost entirely dependent on capital gains. Other than dairy, income is puny and unreliable, he said.”Farm finances don’t … Continue reading
The average price for an Auckland home is now just over $1 million. The media focuses, as they usually do, on how impossible it is nowadays for young people to buy a house, with a side mention of how difficult … Continue reading
At the end of 2014 we published a blog asking Why our are farmers farming for capital gain? In it Andrew Gawith, then Director of Gareth Morgan Investments described the economics of farming in New Zealand as ‘speculative’ as the … Continue reading
The so-called discipline of economics has been systematically corrupted in two major ways: first to get rid of the word ‘land’ from the very language of economics and second to downplay, omit or misrepresent any discussion of the words ‘credit’, … Continue reading
Richard Smith, an economic historian, has written an amazing article which I have only just discovered, (thanks to the wonderful people on our Facebook group). He comprehensively dismisses green capitalism, as recommended by people like Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins. … Continue reading
My name is Deirdre Kent and I am the co-founder and co-leader of the New Economics Party New Zealand. We have been working for three years to try and design a new economic system which is going to work for … Continue reading
The Q and A programme on TVOne this week started with a debate on housing. Property investor Olly Newland and Hive News Publisher Bernard Hickey were asked by Susan Wood about how to control the housing bubble in Auckland, since … Continue reading