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The Return of the Entrepreneur-Statesman

April 27, 2025 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

From Washington’s merchant roots to Elon Musk’s free-speech crusade, America’s business leaders have long shaped liberty—but too often ceded ground to big government. A new crop of outspoken CEOs is reviving that founders’ tradition, echoing New Zealand’s 1980s reforms and proving entrepreneurs can still unlock prosperity by challenging state overreach.

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: bill gates, Doug Myers, elon musk, marc andreesen, Roger Kerr, sir ron trotter

Unleashing New Zealand’s Potential and Suppressing Washington State’s—Lessons for Texas

June 17, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr 2 Comments

<This speech was delivered to the Dallas Chapter of the Bastiat Society on June 17, 2021> In 1847, French economist Frédéric Bastiat, this society’s namesake, published a facetious petition to the king now known as “The Right Hand and the Left”. In it he laid bare the fallacy of some of his contemporaries that if […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, bastiat, Doug Myers, jacinda ardern, Jenny Durkan, Kshama Sawant, new zealand, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Ron Trotter, Stephen Jennings, washington state

The other passion of Sir Douglas Myers – public policy

April 10, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

Sir Douglas Myers was one of a kind and he leaves New Zealand business and public policy markedly better for his having been here. The tributes that have been written in recent days rightly note the beer baron’s business successes. But other than noting that he was involved in the New Zealand Business Roundtable, few, […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Doug Myers, new zealand, New Zealand Business Roundtable, NZBR, Roger Kerr, Sir Douglas Myers

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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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