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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Offers we can’t refuse; commitments we can’t trust – and other conditions for growing mushrooms
Now that the government has unveiled a multi-coloured map of Christchurch, that represents its current thinking on ‘retiring land’, compensation packages and mass internal migration it’s a good time to reflect on the state of play and highlight a few … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Economics, New Zealand Politics
Tagged Brownlee, Christchurch, disaster, National, private sector
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Working hard for the ‘unearned increment’
In the spirit of How Many Elephants in a Blue Whale?, I thought I’d do a quick calculation of how much hard work was in Bill Gates (variously estimated) fortune. At one point, Bill Gates was said to be worth … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Free Market, Philosophy
Tagged capitalism, markets, private sector, wealth
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