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Bob Jones: Market system has costs but it's the best on offer
"Few folk understand money, which is logical as it's enormously complex," writes Bob Jones.

'Smash her' telemarketer gets $5000
A telemarketer who told her supervisor she was going to "smash her" has been awarded $5000 for wrongful dismissal.

Dollar up after OCR held
The New Zealand dollar climbed more than half a US cent after new Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler gave no indication he's leaning towards cutting rates.

Editorial: All eyes on the Bank's new man
Editorial: The first interest rate move by a new governor of the Reserve Bank is bound to be closely watched this morning.

Bryan Gould: Cuts have consequences
An apparent absence of economic rationality is not the only reason for questioning the Government's sense of priorities over this issue, writes Bryan Gould.

Bernard Hickey: Tax evaders can be artful dodgers
Avoiding or evading tax used to be socially acceptable, or at least not socially unacceptable. Bernard Hickey looks at how artful these dodgers can be.

Dita De Boni: Workers want to be wanted
Sure, people want a job. But more than that, they want to avoid boredom and take pride in their work, writes Ditia De Boni. "Life is too short to endure a psychotic boss."

Stephen Jacobi: TPP - more trade, less conspiracy
"The United States is bringing challenging proposals to the table in terms of increasing protections for the creators of intellectual property," Stephen Jacobi.