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Every time news media report on overseas "investment" in Aotearoa, they need to also talk about the return the extractors making that "investment" expects on their capital.
I'm not a financial expert by any stretch of the imagination, but a quick web search suggests scAmazon usually aim for about a 15% return. So when news media report on scAmazon "investing" $7 billion here, the headline should read;
'Amazon hopes to extract $50 million from the NZ economy'
How rich people avoid paying tax
(Originally by Instgram user @newmoney.blog)
@infobeautiful Ordinary people can do similar things, like taking a 401(k) loan, which is essentially borrowing money from yourself.
Investors sense that Europe's military buildup — spurred by a determination to reduce its dependency on the U.S. — may last for years, if not decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/09/markets/credit-europe-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #markets #investment #stocks #defense #europe #eu
Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central/West and chair of parliament’s Science, Innovation & Technology select committee is merely the latest to argue that the UK's long-term economic malaise is a direct result of the economic concentration in London & the SE.
As he says: If the SE's ' parochialism is left undisturbed we will remain two countries when it comes to productivity & output - suffering economic stagnation while staring at the solution'.
#investment #inequality
h/t FT