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Reflections on a Life Well Lived—Tribute to Sir Ron Trotter

March 28, 2020 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Eulogy by Roger Kerr, Old St. Paul’s, Wellington, 17 August 2010 Margaret and the family have asked me to reflect on Sir Ron’s role in business and public affairs and I’m honoured to do so. I loved Ron like a father. So it was with a heavy heart that I sat down to write these […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Douglas Myers, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roderick Deane, Roger Kerr, Ron Trotter

Free to create, labs out-innovate each other

March 28, 2020 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

With Abbott Labs today announcing a new COVID-19 test capable of producing results in five minutes, we’ve witnessed the remarkable pace of innovation that can be unleashed when government monopolies are torn down. Here’s a rough timeline since flawed tests were released and the federal government removed the monopoly on kit production: Feb 5: CDC […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19

Coronavirus contemplations

March 22, 2020 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Sensible grocery stores in the United States and Canada are protecting workers by banning the use of reusable bags. This is hardly surprising. As I wrote in National Review in 2018, research has found that the use of these grocery bags, which users almost never clean, can “cause a wide range of serious health problems […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, economic freedom, universal health care

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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