Notes for Radio NZ Nights with Brian Crump: 11 August, 2014
Read MoreHow to avoid a ‘Sexit’
Solid Energy has a basically sound business that is being crushed by debt. If Greece’s debt sent it hurtling towards a ‘Grexit', Solid Energy can avoid a Sexit.
Here’s how.
More milk, less honey
As the milk price falls, Fonterra needs to react by rethinking its strategy
Read MoreOn Smalley: a bit of back & forth
I wasn't going to, but here are a few thoughts on the debate around Rachel Smalley's comments about John Campbell's new job and the dominance of white male broadcasters in primetime.
Read MoreSelling the Iran deal hits new lows in nasty...
With still a month to go before US lawmakers vote on the Iran nuclear deal, the pro and anti sales pitching is officially very ugly....and there's time and energy for more.
Read MoreConfusion about TPP
Trust Us?
Read More"Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power"
The only reason that makes any sense for giving a Saudi sheep breeder an $11 million farm is because we thought it might buy us a Free Trade Agreement with his country. It's a good thing that we're not a corrupt nation, isn't it?
Read MoreTPP: The true cost of negotiations
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could yet be sealed in the next few weeks, and if it is we need to think hard about the cost of signing up... and the cost of staying out
Read MoreOutsourcing.
Why does it occur, when does it work?
Read MoreA murdered Palestinian toddler won't change the 'facts on the ground'
The latest Palestinian death should be a hideous wake-up call for ordinary Israelis to do some serious soul searching over the policies of the government they elected, and the damage it is doing to them all.
Read MoreThe Oppressive Greek Summer
As the next round of negotiations to try and keep Greece in the European Union get underway, a tangible solution is still not evident, but the sense of despair locally is palpable.
Read MoreWhat Happened to Peak Oil?
Fracking has changed the energy outlook, with major geopolitical implications
Read MoreRMA: a cautionary tale
Once upon a time, in a land not very far away, there lived a king. True story.
Read MoreBliss was it in that dawn to be alive
A New Zealand High Court has just told Parliament that its law limits rights in a way that cannot be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. In other words, it failed in its basic task as a lawmaker.
Read MoreThe Government's problem with problem gambling
The High Court just gave the Government (in the form of officials in the Ministry of Health) a complete shellacking over the way it decided to remove funding from the Problem Gambling Foundation. It's worth going into the memory hole to recall what was said about that decision at the time it was made.
Read MoreThe extraordinary likeness of Trump and Corbyn
While Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn are blindingly different politicians, their current and probably short-lived attraction to their respective bases is eerily similar in the world of anger politics.
Read MoreGreen and peaceful land
On June 25, Greenpeace New Zealand did an action at Parliament. That afternoon I knew that, were I raising children, it would be as activists
Read MoreBubble, Bubble, Boil and Auckland Housing Trouble.
Treating the Auckland housing bubble as a supply-side problem doesn’t work; neither does blaming some group without a careful analysis of what is happening. What might work?
Read MoreSmith: I can tackle Auckland's housing shortage by 2017
Lots of new houses are being consented in Auckland, but supply is still not keeping up with demand. So why is National so keen to talk about supply?
Read MoreGeneration Rent may yet lead the way
Do we need more regulation in the housing market? Probably not -- existing regulation may be inflaming the problem of lack of supply
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