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Comment on Dairy farm buy-up will lead to NZ’s second great colonisation by Drawing the line – class sizes and land sales « I may be wrong but . . . .

Drawing the line – class sizes and land sales « I may be wrong but . . . . — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:23:32 +0000

[...] this posting: “How New Zealand could be bought out … again”, and in this earlier one: “Dairy farm buy-up will lead to NZ’s second great colonisation”. I can also see and follow the arguments for welcoming overseas investment, although my [...]

Comment on How New Zealand could be bought out … again by Drawing the line – class sizes and land sales « I may be wrong but . . . .

Drawing the line – class sizes and land sales « I may be wrong but . . . . — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:23:28 +0000

[...] put my opinion on farm and land sales as clearly as I can in this posting: “How New Zealand could be bought out … again”, and in this earlier one: “Dairy farm buy-up will lead to NZ’s second [...]

Comment on Financial trading is a blight on humanity by David Armstrong

David Armstrong — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:54:46 +0000

Thanks Cedric. I’d be interested to hear how that is happening.

Comment on Financial trading is a blight on humanity by zamoaproductionsCedric

zamoaproductionsCedric — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:43:24 +0000

I think futures/commodities trading has a negative influence on produce prices too.

Comment on The End of Wall Street by Financial trading is a blight on humanity « I may be wrong but . . . .

Financial trading is a blight on humanity « I may be wrong but . . . . — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:59:06 +0000

[...] previous blog post considered the lessons to be learnt from the book The End of Wall Street about the perils of global [...]

Comment on The End of Wall Street by zamoaproductionsCedric

zamoaproductionsCedric — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:49:27 +0000

Thanks David. Well said/encapsulated.

Comment on It’s the tide we should be reacting to, not the waves by The End of Wall Street « I may be wrong but . . . .

The End of Wall Street « I may be wrong but . . . . — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:16:06 +0000

[...] view remains as I wrote in August in this post, that it’s the change of tide we should be reacting to, not the waves. The tide is coming in and [...]

Comment on Mixed feelings on Occupy movement by Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:18:49 +0000

Perhaps the real purpose of the Occupy movement is to keep the art of peaceful protest alive, in the lull preceding the turmoil that surely must come from the ever-widening gap between rich and poor. I see that a new(ish) book called” Revolt! The Next Great Transformation from Kleptocracy Capitalism to Libertarian Socialism through Counter Ideology, Societal Education, & Direct Action” (phew!) by direct action professor John Asimakopoulos, apparently has interesting observations about these matters.One strategic proposal he puts forward is demanding corporate boards of directors only include community and labor representatives. I’d support that move.

Comment on About the author by Jenny Setchell

Jenny Setchell — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:43:46 +0000

Hi David! Great to read you and catch up with you after all these years (have you seen the pix of the Press empty site now? Ah – history!) – heartily endorse your message – and you may be interested to learn that I have started an online petition asking Tony Marryatt to refuse his pay rise . The link is here : http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/tony-marryatt-should-refuse-his-14-4-pay-rise/1391
Semi-retired now huh? That could be changed…
Cheers
Jenny

Comment on Rising executive salary levels cannot be justified by Joh Kavanagh

Joh Kavanagh — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:29:17 +0000

Excellent. It covers everything. NOW, Councilors who voted for the increase and the package itself used both the Market and marryatt’s performance as key reasons.The Press front page (2/1/12) clearly shows that the Council had poor leadership and management, at best.