Opinion Pieces
ANZ’s profit compared to their employee’s wages
Jun 23, 2014
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ANZ made a profit of $1.2billion and yet their cleaners are on wages just above the minimum! Living Wage Aotearoa has contacted 42 top corporates in New Zealand to invite them to pay a Living Wage to all workers and become accredited like the small to medium enterprises that have come
Read MoreIt Takes A Child To Raise A Country! Keep Kids In Mind When You Vote!
Jun 20, 2014
Tick for Kids is a campaign to build political will for policies for children. Supported by a wide range of organisations, the campaign is working to enable people to participate… Read more You can also like their Facebook page to keep up with their current activity and download their
Read MoreInequality & Child Poverty Are New Zealanders’ Major Concerns
Jun 13, 2014
Between 130,000 and 285,000 New Zealand children live in poverty, depending on the measure used. These disturbing figures are widely discussed, yet often poorly understood. Read more
Read MoreThe rich and the rest
Jun 09, 2014
When Max Rashbrooke began investigating income #inequality he thought he was searching for a story about rich and poor, but instead he found “New Zealand’s history over the last 30 years is a story of the rich and the rest.” Read more
Read MoreThe Left’s Problem With Inequality
Jun 05, 2014
The political left has a problem – inequality. They know that there’s increasing concern in New Zealand society about economic inequality, in particular child poverty, unemployment, and the rising cost of living. Read more.
Read MoreCapitalism simply isn’t working and here are the reasons why
May 20, 2014
Economist Thomas Piketty’s message is bleak: the gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us. Piketty, dubbed the “Inequality Messiah”, has forged insights into the self-perpetuating power of wealth. Read more
Read MorePoor diet is the result of poverty not lack of education
May 13, 2014
Contrary to popular belief, people who are experiencing food poverty are not ignorant of what they should eat as part of a healthy diet or even where to buy affordable food. The most important factor for having a healthy diet is access to affordable healthy food. Read more.
Read MoreWhat the 1% Don’t want you to know
May 09, 2014
I know it’s a lot to ask for 24 minutes of your time, but this one is very much worth it. Paul Krugman and Bill Moyers talk about a new book that is hot, hot, hot: “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by economist Thomas Piketty. Read more
Read MoreWhy the Super-Rich should pay Super-taxes
May 06, 2014
Although this article is about the USA there are significant parallels here in New Zealand and in some ways it is worse here as we do not have a capital gains tax. Read more
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