Bernard Hickey

About Bernard Hickey is a financial journalist by trade who's also worked in the business world. As a former editorial writer for BusinessDay and the Independent Financial Review, Bernard's views on business, government and the economy were often provocative and unconventional. His comments in blog form similarly aim to provoke debate and question the consensus.

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Last 50 Posts by Bernard Hickey:

• »Dear John: Please tell us the truth about the economy – we can handle it
  23 Feb 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Kill the glass white elephant in Dunedin with a rates revolt
  09 Feb 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »A ‘rolling maul’ budget is better than an ‘up the jumper’ miracle
  08 Feb 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Why we should give thanks when Telecom ‘exports’ 250 jobs to Manila
  04 Feb 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Freeze public-sector wages and lift the minimum wage
  02 Feb 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Five reasons why Alan Bollard should not have cut the OCR
  28 Jan 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Fonterra hung out to dry in a land filled with corruption and cheats
  27 Jan 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Farmers should thank their lucky stars, not blame the banks
  26 Jan 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Give us all a break at the same time
  25 Jan 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »Off the beaten track: Leave the Naitoko family to grieve in peace
  25 Jan 2009 in New Zealand
  
• »On the road: Why NZ needs a ‘Magic Jack’ too
  29 Dec 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Off the beaten track: Kim Hill’s wonderful interview with JJ Joseph
  28 Dec 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »The Grinch was right: Christmas should be banned
  27 Dec 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Watch out for an economic ‘China Syndrome’
  14 Dec 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Yes really, Dr Bollard did actually say the recession is over
  03 Dec 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Let’s contrast the leadership styles of Mr Hotchin and Mr Fyfe
  30 Nov 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Maybe it’s time for TradeMe to try beating the Aussies too
  23 Nov 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Just in case you wondered which way Wellington voted
  14 Nov 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Watch for the emergence of a Taxpayers’ Rights Bill
  09 Nov 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Blogs on election day
  07 Nov 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Wellington is absolutely positively bloated
  04 Nov 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Recall parliament to debate the economic and financial crisis
  19 Oct 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Clean up this dog’s breakfast of a scheme before it putrifies
  15 Oct 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »These are nervous times, but our banks are much safer than US and UK banks
  28 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »It’s all going the shape of a pear now…
  26 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »It didn’t take long for the US lobbyists to go ballistic
  26 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Why an American free trade deal is a ludicrous and dangerous idea
  23 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »US govt’s hands are squeezing hard inside the corpse’s ribcage now
  21 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »The Reserve Bank bares its impotence for all to see
  11 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »First the euphoria and then the caution
  08 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »The US mortgage bailouts mean higher rates for us
  07 Sep 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »I.O.U.N.Z. more than they I.O.U.S.A
  31 Aug 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Why Foodstuffs is winning the battle with Woolworths
  26 Aug 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »How a judge is trying to sidestep Google
  25 Aug 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »And they said house prices would never fall 30%…
  24 Aug 2008 in New Zealand
  
• »Why does the Charities Commission need 62 staff?
  19 Aug 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »TVNZ is spending $79m on three channels most can’t see
  12 Aug 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »How to channel NZ savings into NZ infrastructure
  03 Aug 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »Bollard and Cullen are a couple of big (inflation) softies
  23 Jul 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »Why the electricity market is a sham
  22 Jul 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »We’re in stage 1 of the 5 stages of real estate grief
  21 Jul 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »The money pit that is the Mission-On website
  09 Jul 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »The kafkaesque madness of Tiaho school
  01 Jul 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »I’d jump for joy too if I was paid $100k to give away money
  01 Jul 2008 in Current Market News
  
• »Financial reporting so bad the Auditor-General gave up
  29 Jun 2008 in Current Market News