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Taking a careful look at how the country collectively spends its resources is vital.
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A canny player with plenty of cash could get a bargain.
Mark Fowler: Markets remain volatile in the run-up to September
Markets are nervously trading around steady news flow of Trump tweets and infection rates.
Mark Lister: Market turbulence may not be over yet
The second half of the year is shaping up to potentially be as eventful as the first.
Bruce Cotterill: The graduates are alright — with some help
Finding a first job after graduating just got a whole lot harder.
Fran O'Sullivan: Sharp thinker boosts NZ First's success
Anyone who dismisses Tracey Martin does so at their peril.
Mary Holm: Go ahead and give - Inland Revenue says it's OK
Gift to a son isn't a worry - but ask if you might need the rest home subsidy one day.
Pattrick Smellie: Taxing wealth – why is it so difficult?
Only taxing thing about capital gains and wealth is the debate on what to do about it.
Barry Colman: Our top ship's armed with fly swats — hope no one rocks the boat
HMNZS Aotearoa looked pretty big, but she's ... er sort of a ... er ... cargo boat.
Cecilia Robinson: Covid-19 war far from over but we can't sit it out
Covid could be here for years so let's ask what risk we accept in reviving country.
Brian Fallow: Taxing wealth isn't the answer
Full credit to the Greens for putting up a tax policy - but it isn't the answer.
Damien Venuto: Is Team NZ 'too hot to handle' for sponsors?
COMMENT: Sponsors will be taking notes on the scandal.
The customer is always right. Yeah, wrong
What happened to the "if it's not right we'll put it right" mantra?
Mathew Pottinger: Green's new GMI policy will perpetuate the welfare trap
The Green's GMI policy will have side effects which could make poverty worse, not better.
Are low interest rates causing inequality? We asked Adrian Orr
Economy Hub: Reserve Bank Governor talks, interest rates, dollar and social inequality.
Juha Saarinen: Why we should say no to AI Robojudges
What could possibly go wrong if you take an AI and feed it with decades of legal data?
Roger Partridge: Silver lining to border debacle
New Zealand's 'gold standard' quarantining was shown to be fool's gold.
Barry Colman: Getting rich isn't what it was
Who'll pay the tax bills when profit is a dirty word?
Comment: Covid-19 sees us fall in love with plastic again but now's the time to look at alternatives
Comment: Steve Carden slightly horrified by collection of plastic containers in lockdown.
Mary Holm: Paying KiwiSaver for the over-65s? There are better uses for Govt money
Should Government KiwiSaver contributions continue past the age of 65?
Oliver Mander: NZ v the Aussies - at investment, we're not even close
Why do so many NZ companies choose to list their shares on the Australian market?
Pattrick Smellie: Marsden Pt refinery on borrowed time
New Zealand's only oil refinery is now on borrowed time.
Brian Fallow: If the future seems grim, look where we started from
Statistics going in wrong direction, but it's worth remembering where they started from.
David Parker: Open trade doors critical
We are in a crucial time for the international trading system.
Gary Rohloff: How business owners can recover post-Covid
COMMENT:Many businesses are still battling for survival against the economic storm clouds.
Ben Kepes on immigration: Don't let Covid take us back to the past
Let's honour our past, but do so by embracing what, and who, New Zealand is today.
Tim Pointer: Most entrepreneurs' dirty little secret
It's all too easy to look at successful entrepreneurs and think they have it all together.
Juha Saarinen: Gripping the Lite fantastic - a foray into affordable 5G
Trying out some 5G capable handsets.
Oliver Hartwich: The West in a new cold war with itself
Today's West is far less united, both externally and internally.
Ben Kepes: Covid-19 exposes NZ's fragile outsourcing model
COMMENT: Is it time to become more self-dependent, wonders Ben Kepes.
Sasha Borissenko: Which smaller law firms took the wage subsidy and why
Smaller law firms on the wage subsidy and how they are navigating Covid-19
Paul Matthews: The robots are coming, and we're not ready
What we need from the govt's sweeping Review of Vocational Education.
Mary Holm: Dipping a toe in bitcoin's risky waters
Take a punt on cryptocurrency if you must. But don't go in too deep.
Bruce Cotterill: How to turn scarcity into advantage
COMMENT: Consumers of going without during lockdown offers a lesson for businesses.