A recent poll had Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party with enough support to govern once again. Though it is at least a couple of years till the next election (as scheduled) a reminder of the past six years is timely.
Bassett, Brash and Hide readers will be interested in a site called KPI - Kiwi Performance Indicators. It provides a range of indicators relating to various aspects of the economy and compares National's performance to Labour's over varying time frames. Four are selected below:
Each of the graphs - plus many more - is interactive at the KPI site where you can learn more about the data and where it is sourced. It's well worth visiting and subscribing to.
Why on earth am I the only financial commentator in NZ willing to call out this blatant and monumental financial heist? And where the hell are these people on this, two of whom are site principals and one a regular writer... all three with degrees in eCONomics?... Don Brash Rodney Hide Robert MacCulloch - among his fields of research are listed "Public Economics" and "Poverty, inclusivity and wellbeing" - is this some sort of sick joke? And the entire "The NZ Initiative" so-called "pro-free-market public-policy think tank and business membership organisation" - what a tragic friggin joke that label is - What do these people actually do?... Dr Oliver Hartwich Dr Eric Crampton Roger Partridge Dr Bryce Wilkinson Not so much as a squeak from any of them, wh…
Nothing will change until the financial illiteracy of the West is addressed. That chart should have been the feature one - all the others are peripheral consequences of a broken system. The financial policies of all the incumbent parties ignore the greatest con in history. Western fiat casino financial models ignore the fact that around 97% of the money supply is created by commercial banks - they conjure it up out of thin air. https://globalsouth.co/2024/05/04/economics-part-vi-money-creation-and-cbdcs/ Colin Maxwell
Lest we forget
Frightening when you think about it.... but we will forget and the Labor grubs will be back.
And a damn site quicker than many could have imagined....
Why ?
Luxflakes will keep putting band aids on the hurtie spots, kiss all the kiddies better... and the Kindergarten will be able to return to normal. The gender challenged, climate fearing wombats will retake their seats in Welly and everyone will feel safe again.
The coalition members will do as coalitions members are prone to do; which is diddly squat.
The dogs will bark and the caravan will move on.....
It won't only be the youngies in the know quitting the scene .... there will also be old farts…
The graphs make no sense as Covid-19 is not factored into the mix which had more influence on the metrics than any government makeup.