IN SURVIVAL MODE WHAT WORKS, GLOBALIZATION OR PROTECTIONISM?
It appears the only nations who think globalization will get us out of this economic mess are the United States, Great Britain and a few other nutty countries like New Zealand, Belgium and the Netherlands. China, India and Japan are the most protectionist industrial nations on earth, and are even becoming more so as the [...]
NEW ZEALAND, A PARADISE FOR LEFT LEANING HYPOCRITES
I spent the week leading up to Easter on business and the Easter weekend with family. After twenty-five years away from my former homeland, apart from family, I now view the country from the position of a visitor with some roots. How New Zealand has changed in so many ways and conversely how it has [...]
VOLUMES STILL LOW BUT SHIPMENT COUNT UP
Some trends are emerging for 2009. While volumes remain in the doldrums, shipment count is rapidly growing. A few weeks back we stated our goal to fight this economic crisis was to gain a bigger slice of a smaller pie. Well, in a way we are succeeding. Our manifests to Aussie and New Zealand are [...]
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST! THE NEW ERA OF NATIONALISM LEADING TO PROTECTIONISM
As much as those screwy economists and Fortune 500 companies with political agendas try to convince us otherwise, the western world is waking up and it will soon be a case of countries looking after their own first and to hell with globalization dictating how we must behave. These dimwits don’t take into account India, [...]






