twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Neoliberalism infographic. Source is at the bottom of the image. 000
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#nzpol Living wage plans could also fuel productivity, reduce reliance on WFF tax credits and demand for foodbanks, and alleviate child poverty harms another economist warns. 🙏. 14614
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#nzpol The economy is there to serve the people and communities in which it operates✊. To maintain that licence to operate the economy has two tasks🤔. Feed the people and house the people♥️. That is the measure of a successful economy🙂. Anything less is a failed economy😥. 🙏 18136
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#nzpol In relation to alleged "$cost" of restoring pay equity ... Am interested in "$cost" of: (1) abolishing child labour? (2) abolishing slavery? (3) forcing employers to provide safe working places? (4) allowing workers to take annual leave? "$Cost" is NOT relevant🤔. They are rights✊. 🙏 46827
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In an election this tight, every vote matters But National changed the rules that always allowed Kiwis to register in a relaxed way in the 2 weeks prior to election This was voter suppression It is deeply undemocratic- potentially cutting 175,000 voters Get registered vote.nz/enrolling/en...vote.nz 15828
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I tell you what makes forecasting difficult... ignoring the leading indicators that matter, believing the often 100% wrong models in economic textbooks, relying on vibe surveys, and having blind faith in the business cycle (it's gone down so it will come up) 47420
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#nzpol Oh dear ... An economic "thinktank" (no, not *that* one) worried calls to break up supermarkets may 'deter investment'. I always thought 'more competition' encouraged investment, while entrenched oligopolies put most effort enforcing barriers to new entrants? ... panic mode perhaps 🤔 ? 34816
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So how is Labour UK feeling about that u turn on regulating political donors now? NZ doesn’t have anything like this scale of donation in NZ but donors still have the power to dramatically tip the playing field Democracies are not for sale Regulate lobbying, and donations 097
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Why pay good money to clean up your environmental damage when it’s just cheaper and faster to buy a politician? #nzpol 34416
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialSharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cutting JobSeeker Support for 18- and 19-year-olds who can’t find work, and whose parents earn as little as $67,225, during a cost of living crisis and high youth unemployment. My #cartoon today #NZpol #JobSeeker #YouthUnemployment 721683
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Developers donate $$ to Nat/Act/NZF. Nat/Act/NZF give developers fast track process. Resulting housing on urban fringes without services so council ratepayers have to subsidise these developments $billions. Developers pocket the profits. Nats pocket more donations www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...nzherald.co.nzFast-track stand-off: Auckland Council could withhold services from new homesStaff estimate the 60,000 homes could cost the council more than $3b. 210849
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Now wouldn't this be a thing to try out. 🤔 #Aotearoa 000
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialSharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026A drawing today about the recent passing of actor and gentle man Sam Neill (and his duck Charlie Pickering), and I guess about the landscape he loved. 24371107
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialSharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The Ministry of Social Development’s Letters of Understanding about housing homeless people. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Homeless #EmergencyHousing 611760
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 06/06/2026"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables 413122744135
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialRNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 28/05/202650,000 more children suffering from material hardship than three years agornz.co.nz50,000 more children suffering from material hardship than three years agoAn expert on the impacts of child poverty says 14 percent of children were facing material hardship in 2025 and New Zealand was failing to move to its goal of reducing that to 6 percent by 2028. 196
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Finally someone saying it clearly. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...stuff.co.nzPāua pies, crayfish and $1000 a week for your mortgage-free apartment. It’s nice to be an MPANALYSIS: The Government has preached fiscal responsibility but won’t look in its own backyard for any cost savings, writes Jenna Lynch. 000
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Congratulations to her on the award! Now could we talk more about what her thesis identified regarding intergenerational mobility? Please. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...stuff.co.nz'My jaw hit the floor': Kiwi student wins prestigious Harvard University prizeJess Jenkins has been recognised for exceptional undergraduate work on how colonial land expropriation shapes modern opportunity in Aotearoa. 000
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 21/05/2026new zealander everlee wihongi - kidnapped by ICE 41 days ago - was meant to take the stand today in front of a wisconsin judge. but ICE had other plans. webworm has the latest on this story - please RT, and share: www.webworm.co/everleemay21/webworm.coEverlee Foiled By ICE, AgainEverlee Wihongi was meant to appear in front of a judge in Wisconsin on May 21. ICE had other ideas. David Farrier reports for Webworm. 12162128
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Now in my third year of posting this little doom loop graphic. 515674
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/04/2026In 2025, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation found that data centre growth in Australia induces higher electricity prices ***whether the companies build new renewable energy generation or not*** www.cefc.com.au/media/hs5ner... 24124
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialSharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026No wonder the govt wants to avoid any comparisons between the fuel crisis and Covid pandemic. If the then govt had taken as long to develop their plan as the current govt is taking to develop this plan, many of us would be dead already. 518652
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Well now, this is one from over the ditch. youtu.be/wP1H_lozKpA?...youtu.beI Spent $80,000 to Beat the Gas Cartel at Their Own Game! | Punters PoliticsYouTube video by Punter's Politics 000
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Homophily isn't just a British problem youtu.be/Nm_L9VCBJ_E?...youtu.beThe Psychology Behind Rory Stewart Dismissing Gary StevensonYouTube video by Barry's Economics 000
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Can someone please point me to the statistics for how many Kiwis are paid up members of political parties? A quick search didn't turn up an answer. TIA. #nzpol 110
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A teeny tiny blip in the media. A teeny tiny questioning of the neoliberal order. Now if only others would follow, outside of the Opinions section then maybe we could move the Overton window. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360966...stuff.co.nzYou could be $14k a year richer if these reforms never happenedYour wallet could have a lot more cash in it if these reforms never happened, writes Verity Johnson. 020
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Something to think about. youtu.be/4SMlSqEpfCc?...youtu.beMMT v neoliberalism: there is only one winnerYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 000
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 18/04/2026And, yup, thanks to Prof Susan St John, another well worth the read ... and to circulate as far and as wide as is possible🙏. open.substack.com/pub/susanstj...open.substack.comThe 2026 budget is coming up all too quickly.Be prepared 0105
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialManu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026@markmitchellmp.bsky.social told @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy 'we've always had [weather events], it's just that we're getting better at identifying them' - @nathansurendran.bsky.social made this 'States of Emergency since 2000' chart from CD data (excl. quakes): www.civildefence.govt.nz/emergency-ev... 3116
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialKev Lucky,unashamedly wobbly.. @kev-lucky.bsky.social · 06/04/2026 0243
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Remember how when it was in opposition the govt kept saying how Jacinda was only good as a crisis leader & not a manger? Well right now I’d like to see more crisis leadership & a lot less managerialism frankly #nzpol #supplyChains #fuel #RuralIsolation #electrification #renewables #leadership 310822
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Election Year. #DoOneSmallThing #nzpol - check in with folks you know that they are registered to vote. 040
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The roundabout test #nzpol youtube.com/shorts/08nxY...youtube.comThe roundabout test for economicsYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 010
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Something to think about. Especially this election year. youtu.be/FlqoKplKNz4?... #nzpolyoutu.beEverything You've Been Told About Tax Is WrongYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 010
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Well now. Something worth reading & understanding. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...abc.net.auA discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's howA constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network. 000
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Just putting this out there in Election Year. Ignore the "household budget" nonsense. #Aotearoa #Economics #nzpol youtu.be/J6ZUJbl829E?...youtu.beDon't ask, when are we going to do MMT? We already areYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 062
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 23/11/2025If only more people understood this. youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...youtu.beWhy the government is nothing like a householdYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 000
Reposted by @twopandas.bsky.socialtwopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Just a kind reminder. There is another great option to interact with people on the internet. #CounterSocial youtu.be/HMo0Z3_zyUk?...youtu.beIntroducing CounterSocialYouTube video by CounterSocial 001
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Just a kind reminder. There is another great option to interact with people on the internet. #CounterSocial youtu.be/HMo0Z3_zyUk?...youtu.beIntroducing CounterSocialYouTube video by CounterSocial 001
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Just in case anyone was interested in alternatives. CounterSocial is a warm and welcoming place. #CounterSocial www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMo0...youtube.comIntroducing CounterSocialYouTube video by CounterSocial 020
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Something worth watching & an economist worth reading. #GarysEconomics #Inequality youtu.be/MGt7swnEb3g?...youtu.beMeeting Gary's favourite economist: Ha-Joon ChangYouTube video by Garys Economics 000
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Yep. 100% www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...thepost.co.nzThe girl-math budget that will cut deep, especially for womenOPINION: ACT claims their pay equity rollback will save billions. That’s girl-math. 000
twopandas.bsky.social @twopandas.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Food for thought youtu.be/uYyalJMXROw?...youtu.beNeoliberal economics is based on absurd assumptions and fantasiesYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 010
