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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

The mathematics of growth for cities and companies; How 0% rates are numbing investors and economies into zombiedom; The IRS is on the warpath; The politics of aspiration; Dilbert

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Finally an RBA board member hates a high A$; Latin America fights back in currency wars; Afghanistan's hopelessness; What Germans really think; Dilbert

Is hindsight the right view?

Andrew Gawith takes a look at whether shares or bonds are likely to deliver better returns in the future. Your view?

NZ economic growth still underestimated

Roger J Kerr says outside of two irritations the economic fundamentals for New Zealand are in very good shape. Your view?

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

An Australian casino's drug and sex scandal; The pain (of austerity) in Spain; Thai floods worsen reinsurer losses; Inequality and poverty in Auckland; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe

Beggared by our neighbours

Bernard Hickey points to the enormous game of musical chairs in the currency markets. He thinks the last one to print and devalue is the loser. Your view?

The hunt for yield

The European and global funding market woes heighten the appeal of covered bonds from Australasian banks

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Cash in their Italian undies; The age of deleveraging; Money stuck in a liquidity-trap-mattress; How corporatism killed capitalism; Dilbert

What the RBNZ should do now

Rodney Dickens says the new RBNZ Governor shouldn't trust his forecasts, should aim for OCR stability and discipline the politicians. Your view?

Tax capital, not capital gains, says Gareth Morgan

A comprehensive tax on capital would put a lid on housing speculation, says Gareth Morgan. Your view?