Chris Trotter is known principally for his weekly political columns and his commentaries on radio and television and has spent most of his adult life either engaging in or writing about politics. He was the founding editor of The New Zealand Political Review (1992-2005) and […]
What has happened to our economy? What will the post- pandemic economy be like for the world and particularly for us here in New Zealand? What should we do about foreign capital buying up our businesses? Should we bail out big corporations like Air NZ […]
How is it for our nurses and health care workers in New Zealand on the frontline of fighting the Covt 19 epidemic ? What do they hope for in the future? Bryan talkes with the Nurses Organisation Co-Leaders President Grant Brookes and Kawhakahaere Kerry Nuku.
Bryan Bruce interviews Nobel Prize Winning economist Prof Muhammad Yunus.
When are we going to learn that foreign capital doesn’t give a damn about New Zealanders? Bryan comments on the Bauer Media Group departure from New Zealand and the bitter lesson about foreign ownership we need to learn from it.
When are we going to learn that bailing out big corporations isn’t a good idea? Today Bryan traces the recent history of profit and loss by Air New Zealand and argues we should nationalise it.
Did you know that some NZ Farmers are being paid millions of dollars by our government NOT to farm in order to preserve two of our largest lakes ? Mike Joy is a freshwater ecologist who used to be a Dairy Farmer. He thinks its […]
When times are tough, as they are now, people are more open to sharing and working towards the common good. But once the crisis is over some of us want to put their individual wants ahead of the well-being of everyone in our society. So […]
How could we fix our economy and help our kids at the same time. Today Bryan looks back to the Great Depression to see what lessons can be learned to get our economy working after the pandemic is under control. He makes the progressive argument […]
Do we really want get back to the old “normal” where a few people got rich at the expense of the many? Bryan says we could use this this unexpected downtime to design a post-pandemic economy which would make New Zealand a much fairer country […]