Join Newspaper columnist, libertarian and liquidator, Damien Grant, as he interviews some of the eminent thinkers of our time.
Tune in as controversial writer and podcast host, Damien Grant, interviews a wide selection of interesting and entertaining individuals, authors, business people, politicians and anyone else actually willing to talk to him.
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These are interviews that I want to have; to take the time to understand why someone wrote a book, why they ran for office or built the business that they have, what motivates them and what, if anything they have learnt along the way. This is a very personal project. It is something I have wanted to do for a ling time. There are no sponsors. It isn’t a commercial project. If others find as much value from listening to these interviews as I do from undertaking them, that will be great.
-Damien Grant
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Michael Reddell
Michael is an independent economic commentator, blogger, and stay-at-home parent. His regular blog, Croaking Cassandra, focused on economics and public policy (especially in New Zealand) and am researching issues relating to New Zealand's longer-term economic performance.
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In 1960, the year before the Berlin Wall was erected, around 200,000 East Germans hopped the fence to the West. The population of the German Democratic Republic, GDR, was about 17 million at the time. This is 12 per 1000 electing to leave.
The principles that ACT should be sticking up for
Sir Roger Douglas took time out of his retirement to take a swing as his old party and declared he is now a swing voter.
I imagine it is difficult watching your creation make its own way in the world.
What Labour's wealth tax plan tells us about our leaders
Sometimes by design, but usually by accident, we reveal ourselves. This week we gained a glimpse into the thinking of several of our senior political leaders, thanks to the release of a delightful Treasury document commissioned by Messrs Robertson and Parker on a wealth tax.