Rather than print money again to make asset owners even richer, the @ReserveBankofNZ should create accounts for every single resident that can be used to deposit and transact a new central bank digital currrency called the e-tāra, just in case. https://t.co/6Ojr2VSIW6
Open to all now. Many thanks to fully paid subscribers to The Kākā, who support this sort of work I do in the public interest on housing unaffordability. https://t.co/uFEIsg0cmf
I give you NZ in a nutshell today: “The property in Mt Albert, which Key bought for $1.4m in June 2020 with help from his parents, was transformed after the original home on the site was pushed back and another house added at the front of the section.” https://t.co/OVeVc9aCyf
@darranalees You need to listen to @rnz@ninetonoon interview with @bernardchickey2 this morning
The absolute cash gain that businesses in nz have banked is mind boggling
What’s your beef?
Scoop here from @POLITIKwebsite ‘Self-isolation for confirmed cases will be reduced from 14 to 10 days, and contacts will need to isolate for only seven days instead of 10.’ https://t.co/mcn4wv9qqP
Some great news. For all the grief in the world these days, it’s amazing to see the ongoing achievements of the scientists working on vaccines and treatments. The counter-factual is unthinkable. https://t.co/eM8JjaOtKa
Hard to see how Boris survives this ‘last straw that breaks the camel’s back.’ Putin invading Ukraine may be his last hope. Although Tory backbenchers dumped Chamberlain and Thatcher on eve or beginning of wars. https://t.co/2mpN2eeRFq
‘Acemoglu insists that a hands-off, free-market approach is a recipe for widening inequality. He recommends fairer tax treatment for workers, currently taxed at 25%, while equipment & software is taxed at 0%’ https://t.co/PVpRF2GQTY