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Category Archives: Welfare
Adam Smith on the appeal of the iPhone
“How many people ruin themselves by laying out money on trinkets of frivolous utility? What pleases these lovers of toys is not so much the utility, as the aptness of the machines which are fitted to promote it.” (Part IV, … Continue reading
Varieties of poverty in New Zealand
The debate over various ‘food in school’ programmes is remarkably lively, especially now that the Government is seemingly covering its flank on the issue – and perhaps even attempting to outflank those on the left. In fact, it’s now gone well beyond being … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, New Zealand Politics, Poverty, Welfare
Tagged capitalism, community, welfare, wellbeing
6 Comments
Back to school in happy town
How are you feeling? If you’re in Christchurch, CERA thinks you’re doing really well. A media release cheerily announced that ‘Wellbeing Survey reveals positive outlook‘. Conducted for CERA by Nielsen Research from August to October, 2012, “2,381 residents completed questionnaires [of whom] … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Earthquakes, Freedom, New Zealand Politics, Welfare
Tagged Brownlee, Christchurch, cities, community, disaster, Local Government, mental health, wellbeing
9 Comments
‘Human capital depreciation’ and the Pike River Mining Disaster
There are moments when a few words can open up a vista on an entire worldview. The words shoot through the air for a few days like a rapidly fading spark on Guy Fawkes night but, every so often, and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Free Market, Human Wellbeing, Labour, New Zealand Politics, Welfare
Tagged capitalism, community, self-interest, welfare, wellbeing
2 Comments
Underneath the ‘underclass’
Joe Bageant died on the 26th of March last year. Apparently, he was sometimes referred to as an American ‘leftneck’ – which is not a bad label for him. Bageant’s book (and, more generally, his literary life) has been devoted to laying … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Education, Free Market, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics, Welfare
Tagged capitalism, community, economic history, John Key, markets, self-interest, unity, urbanisation, welfare, wellbeing
13 Comments
A better term than ‘breeding for a business’
Back in 2002, some years before scaling the heights to the Prime Ministerial summit, John Key said that Labour’s Domestic Purposes Benefit policy had led to a situation “where people have been, for want of a better term, breeding … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics, Welfare
Tagged human nature, mental health, National, teenage pregnancy, welfare, wellbeing
26 Comments
On choices – good and bad
As the election draws near, it’s clear that ‘welfare reform’ will be one of the main areas of discussion and debate. It’s also, historically, an area littered with sloganesque arguments that fly around like empty cartridge shells at the OK … Continue reading
Posted in Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics, Welfare
Tagged Christchurch, community, Elections, John Key, mental health, welfare, wellbeing
7 Comments