Monday, April 15, 2013
Monday, April 01, 2013
Disastrous statistics
In 2010 alone, 4800 children were born to solo mothers already on the DPB – 7.5 per cent of the total live births that year.
What more is there to say about our direction if that's not changed?
Saturday, February 16, 2013
No commodity remains valuable
Why we should not own commercial competitive companies
Salt, spices, cotton, whale oil and many others should have taught us by now that every commodity will suddenly decrease in value.
The main risk is in trying to predict when
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Not housing unaffordability
Is it reasonable to expect to buy a home after one year working?
This is pure unadulterated expectations above ones station.
An interesting side point is whether it is everybody's absolute right to have children to the (current) point of society bearing the cost of allowing that right to all.
Minimum wage discussion
Part that seems to be missed in these debates isn't what happens to the jobs directly affected by the rise, but what happens to those that aren't?
If they all also rose, then the change has achieved nothing except pure inflation. If they don't rise then what happens to the motivation of those that had through education, longer service, and better performance produced a margin above the base...?
Friday, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
How many NZ jobs did The Hobbit create?
How many NZ jobs did The Hobbit create?
Unknown, and yet still more than the DPB...
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
supply and demand nrtr
It's a rare day that I find myself agreeing with NRT - but this is one of them.
Of course he might not support the inverse of his own post if it was businesses calling for the minimum wage to be lowered!
Sony showing how a phone is done
Meet The 5-inch, Quad-Core Xperia Z: Sony’s Stunning Answer To The iPhone 5 And Galaxy S3
All it needs is the same carrier support as the Apple Samsung duopoly and this will be a class act
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
In all the iPhone vs Samsung press war its a shame real phones don't get mentioned more
Per These Leaked CES Pics, Sony Is Actually Capable Of Making A Memorable Android Phone
I've got an Xperia SL - kicks the pants off an iPhone 5 or Samsung s3 but at $nz 500 it's also only half the price!
