Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Category: Economy

  • No fix for housing affordability as long as we ignore what’s actually affordable

    Housing affordability has been a huge issue in New Zealand for a long time, but some extra fuel has been added to the fire by a recent survey which shows…

  • More meaningless numbers

    It’s that time of year when the Government trumpets the success of its welfare reforms. Look! they cry, benefit numbers are down! The repressive, labyrinthine, victim-blaming system works! I’ve written…

  • The pay gap in Hollywood – and the rest of the world

    The Sony hack just keeps hurting, with revelations about the pay gap between male and female actors leading one leading lady to demand a raise: After leaked emails in the…

  • The focus on paid work

    We talk about paid work a lot in NZ politics. It’s the cure for any societal ill you care to name: poverty, mental illness, economic growth, domestic violence. But the…

  • So what is the Boots Theory?

    With my change of Twitter handle a few people have asked about the name, “Boots Theory”. So it’s as good a time as any to re-post one of my favourite…