Will The US and Japan reach a deal on agriculture and automobiles, and offer virtually nothing to everyone else

Last Saturday was a very successful International Day of Action against the TPPA! Here is something Jane Kelsey wrote about the various scenarios. Here is hoping we don’t get option 3. And watch the timing, as it could all happen … Continue reading

Capital Gains Tax on shares fails to differentiate between land, capital and labour

Most of us spent some time as children playing Monopoly. The more properties you buy the more rents you collect. “I’ll buy Mayfair, its rents are high. Rent please!” Sooner or later you opponents are out of the game and … Continue reading

The New Economics Party – What’s in it for me?

What is in it for me? What ordinary people want to know about a party’s policies are “What is in it for me?” And that’s a very valid question. What are the outcomes for you the voter when we fundamentally … Continue reading

Our submission supporting our petition to Parliament on bank stability

I have been following the twitter discussion of Jesse Colombo’s Forbes article on why the New Zealand economy will crash. I realised I hadn’t ever posted our submission made in November last year to the Finance and Expenditure Committee. The … Continue reading

How To Build A Life-Supporting Economic System

How To Build A Life-Supporting Economic System Earth is a living ecosystem and necessarily the model for the human economic system. The words ecology and economy have the same Greek root ‘ekos’, meaning ‘home’ or ‘earth’, so our economy is … Continue reading