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How business leaders helped save New Zealand from socialism—Lessons for Washington State

January 9, 2020 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

<Speech delivered to the Executive Business Roundtable of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce on January 9, 2020 at the Overlake Golf and Country Club, Medina, WA.> It’s an honor to be speaking here. The Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and other groups like it are important institutions for advocating on behalf of businesses and advancing policy […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Antonio Martino, Beno Schmidt Junior, Francis Fukuyama, new zealand, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Nigel Lawson, Paul Johnson, Richard Epstein, Richard Lindzen, seattle, Seattle city council, Seattle Public Schools, Thomas Sowell, Tyler Cowen, Veronique de Rugy, Washington, Yegor Gaidar

RIP Lime bikes—another case study in Seattle City Council regulatory incompetence

January 5, 2020 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Lime bike

News out just before Christmas that Lime has pulled its e-bikes from Seattle means that Uber (with its Jump brand) now has a monopoly on bike sharing in the city. This follows the departure of Ofo in the summer of 2018 after the city raised its annual fee for operators to $250,000, far above what […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: lime bikes, seattle, Seattle city council, Uber

Big little climate lies

July 14, 2019 By Nicholas Kerr

In episode 3 of this season’s star-studded HBO show ‘Big Little Lies’, Renata (played by Laura Dern) explodes when her daughter, Amabella, is hospitalized after suffering a panic attack as a result of her second grade teacher’s discussion about what global warming might do to the world. This leads the principal to call a school […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Big Little Lies, Cliff Mass, climate change, global warming, seattle

The Incredible Whiteness of Washington State’s ‘Progressive’ Policies

May 27, 2019 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

(This first appeared in National Review on May 27, 2019) Democrats in the state government are harming blacks and helping whites. Washington State progressives who like to position themselves as allies of blacks are failing to live up to their promises. In the state’s most recent legislative session alone, Democrats passed several measures that will […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: progressive, seattle, Washington

A response to a hatchet job in Crosscut

April 14, 2019 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

An opinion piece published this week on Crosscut by Walter Hatch, who lives in the Phinney Ridge / Greenwood area, was bizarre. In it he suggests that most of his neighbors who comment on Nextdoor lack any compassion and are profoundly contemptuous of the homeless. While his piece amounts to nothing more than a whiny rant, it’s […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Crosscut, nextdoor, seattle, walter hatch

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About the Author

Nicholas Kerr is a Dallas-based marketing and loyalty executive, currently leading loyalty and CRM marketing for Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy at Brinker International. Previously, he led Microsoft Rewards and held senior leadership positions in consumer marketing and loyalty.

Raised in New Zealand, Nicholas writes The Kerrant, sharing his perspectives on economics, public policy, business, technology, and life. His commentary has appeared in National Review, The Washington Examiner, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, and New Zealand newspapers including the Otago Daily Times. He has also addressed Chambers of Commerce, think tanks, and other organizations in Seattle and Dallas.

The views expressed on The Kerrant are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Brinker International, his employers (past or present), or any other organization with which he is affiliated. Read More…

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