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Bernie Sanders, Sweden and New Zealand

May 24, 2016 By Nicholas Kerr 7 Comments

I survived socialism. So it’s always surprised me that Bernie Sanders is fond of saying America should look more like Scandinavian countries such as Sweden. Because what’s made Sweden the success it is on many of the metrics Sanders loves to point to aren’t the policies Sanders espouses. On the contrary, the reforms he wants […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, economics, education, health care, Hillary Clinton, new zealand, Sweden

Roger Kerr: The Working Man and the Man and his Work

November 19, 2015 By Nicholas Kerr 6 Comments

(The following is reprinted with the permission of Bryce Wilkinson. It is the eulogy he delivered at the service to honour Roger’s life held on Thursday 3 November 2011 at 2.30pm at Old St Paul’s in Wellington.) (Photo courtesy of the New Zealand Herald) Roger Kerr committed his working life to improving the quality of […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: economics, new zealand, Roger Kerr

Contrasting attitudes in New Zealand and Hong Kong

December 27, 2014 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Originally published 22 July 1997 in Nexus, the University  of Waikato student magazine, as part of a regular series I wrote under the banner of “Postcard from Hong Kong” What is the “New Zealand dream”? One could be forgiven for thinking that the answer is to simply leave this earth in no worse state than […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: entrepreneurs, envy, Hong Kong, new zealand

The future of Hong Kong

October 2, 2014 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

The following is from my pre-blog archives. When I lived in Hong Kong in 1997, I was asked to write a semi-regular column under the banner “Postcard from Hong Kong” for a university newspaper in New Zealand. This article appeared on July 4 1997, three days after the United Kingdom transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong back […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Hong Kong, journalism, new zealand

New Zealand pays price for letting mateship die

February 26, 2014 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

From the pre-blog archives, I was reminded of the following article I wrote when a friend posted this article about New Zealand immigrants protesting in Australia. One person commented “Kiwi’s protesting because they can’t access welfare in another country. Sick.” In fact, these New Zealanders are complaining to the wrong government. The reason Australia restricted […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: ally, australia, free trade, helen clark, john howard, new zealand, policy, US

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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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