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Slash Greek debt now!

Written By: Colonial Viper - Date published: 7:00 am, July 8th, 2015 - 222 comments

Europe must agree to slashing Greece’s debt so that economic growth can begin again. Germany should understand this better than most.

The Greek referendum

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 5:00 am, July 6th, 2015 - 302 comments

Update: the No vote is predicted to win a resounding victory with 61% support of the total valid vote.

The myth of “Retirement Savings”

Written By: KJT - Date published: 10:18 am, June 9th, 2015 - 101 comments

Advocates of Kiwisaver and other funded “retirement savings” schemes perpetuate the fundamental misunderstanding that “conventional” in New Zealand’s case “neo-liberal” economists, speculators, finance companies, politicians and those with a lot of share holding wealth in non-productive enterprises like to perpetuate.

The Enduring Legacy of Neo-Liberalism – Sir Edmund Thomas

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 4:25 pm, February 10th, 2015 - 6 comments

Sir Edmund Thomas will discuss this topic in Wellington at Connolly Hall, Guildford Terrace, tomorrow Wednesday 11th at 5:30pm. All welcome – see synopsis – if you would like to come please register here.

Odgers in s**t

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 3:45 pm, January 22nd, 2015 - 30 comments

That’s as in spat. Characteristic. Richard Smith of Naked Capitalism questioned her Samoan fiduciary company fronting for a company delisted from GXG Markets, a small European exchange. It’s an interesting story, and Smith promises more to come from GXG about New Zealand if not Odgers.