WHILE the US, Australia and Japan spray cash in every direction to stimulate their economies, New Zealand has a novel idea: Why not grow one's way out of recession?...
The Federal Opposition has, rightly in my view, refused to endorse Kevin Rudd's helicopter dump of an additional $42 billion of cash on the Australian economy...
Over 200 years ago, the philosopher Immanuel Kant defined the ultimate choice before mankind: World history would ultimately culminate in universal peace either by moral insight or by catastrophe of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice...
The New Zealand financial system and our finance and capital markets have come under considerable scrutiny over the past year and a half as the international banking sector, the investment markets and some key financial intermediaries have stumbled and fallen...
The ethics of war and peace is a topic requiring great mental and moral dexterity and in-depth analysis. Issues arising over concerns about justice, peace and conflict are complex and multi-levelled...
STUDENT performance in external tests is the new "bottom line" in education on which schools and teachers will increasingly be judged, a new policy paper from the Australian Council of Educational Research says...
Victims caught in terrorist atrocities perpetrated for Islam typically experience fear, torture, horror, and murder, with sirens screaming, snipers positioning, and carnage in the streets...
THE $8.4 billion pre-Christmas budget handout is likely not to have any measurable effect on economic performance this year, based on research by one of the world's leading economists...
