by JAK | Apr 11, 2016 | general business
With greater mobility comes greater promise and greater potential for dodgy dealing. None of these off shore tax haven systems are new. What is newish is speed at which transactions and structures can be “managed” for good or for the few. The beneficiaries...
by JAK | Apr 11, 2016 | culture, general business
Here is some math for you all. What is 51% of $400b? The simple calculation says $200b. However when half of all trading bank lending is on the personal housing market the correct answer is a giant speculative bubble. That 200b number looks like a very measurable and...
by JAK | Feb 28, 2016 | big ideas, general business, industry futures
In the NZHerald a business analysis column by Brian Gaynor: NZ’s dairy giant deeper in debt adds a note of caution to general New Zealand mythology of us being the kings of the dairy universe. As Gaynor notes in his own very measured way. The dairy sector have...
by JAK | Nov 17, 2015 | culture, general business, industry futures
Recent research on 301 cities worldwide reveals that the major risk to future civilisation is in fact us. Market crash and human pandemic are the top two risks worldwide. The header image shows an “artists view” of a volcano in Auckland Harbour. (volcano...
by JAK | Sep 13, 2015 | culture, general business
I am so pleased that when I want news I can generally get it direct from the journalists anywhere in the world. Like many I follow news makers on twitter and these days I am more likely to be reading global media like the Guardian, the Economist, the NY Times and...
by JAK | Jun 9, 2015 | general business, industry futures
Much to the surprise of IT folks the tax department in NZ has decided to pick a little known IT firm in Colorado to replace the current tax system. The NZherald reports US firm wins contract in $1b IRD project “The Inland Revenue Department has selected Fast...
