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Even the IMF is saying NZ needs a capital gains tax or land value tax. It also warns Nicola Willis not to create another credit-fuelled housing boom by loosening bank capital rules. GDP will likely be smaller by 2026 than it was in 2023.

Also, Compass is flying in school lunches from Australia. Nuhaka school is feeding them to pigs. More …

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
IMF calls for Capital Gains Tax or land tax
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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
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FiveThirtyEight is the single reason why we have seen the proliferation of garbage polls in American politics. For example, they allowed Patriot Polling, a group of two high schoolers running very questionable “polls”, to be included into the likes of Gallup and Pew Research.

They also standardized what dictates a “good poll”, which is usually the partisan horse race. Even if the underlying data is garbage, it didn't matter, like 48% of black voters would vote for Trump in PA by Atlas, their “mo…

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