Opinion
Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Tim Hazledine: TIM HAZLEDINE: Water works
Economists have a special way of counting: one, two, a lot. One is the agent, the individual decision-maker: entrepreneur, employer, worker, consumer, parent. Two is the agents meeting each other on the two sides of the market: seller and buyer; supply and demand. And a lot, or m...
Keith Turner: KEITH TURNER: Time for new nation-building hydro project
We are yet to see the full force of the economic impacts covid and the Tiwai closure will have on employment, especially in the lower South Island. However, these twin crises offer a real catalyst for ‘nation-building’.If we are going to spend tax-funded billions to maintain empl...
On the Money
Victoria Young: ON THE MONEY: Eric Watson, Pushpay, Vodafone and more
Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk’s weekly column on money and the people making it. Bargain buys Kiwi collectors might have managed a bargain now that liquidators have started selling off Eric Watson’s artworks. On the Money has learnt several works from Kiwi artists includi...
Markets
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Feltex IPO – Still leaving a nasty taste
The Feltex initial public offering, which was 16 years ago, continues to leave a nasty taste and this is unlikely to disappear quickly.
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