Damien Grant

06 Mar 2025 • 59 min • EN
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Damien Grant is a Stuff columnist and the Principal of Waterstone Insolvency. We talked to him about occupational licensing, free speech, Trump"s likely impact on the Anglosphere, and New Zealand"s COVID response. Damien"s column about Janet Dickson: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360573233/damien-grant-how-real-estate-agent-lost-her-career-over-90-minute-course about COVID: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360513485/damien-grant-new-zealand-ashamed-about-what-happened-covid-years and about National, ACT, and Trump: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360581859/damien-grant-acts-clarity-sticking-point-luxon-his-apparent-struggle-explain-why John Stuart Mill on liberty: https://gutenberg.org/files/34901/34901-h/34901-h.htm Jacob Mchangama"s book about free speech history: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1541600495 Pew Research report on polarization in the US: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/ Self-censorship now and in the McCarthy era: https://www.persuasion.community/p/americans-are-self-censoring-at-record James" report on academic freedom: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/reports/unpopular-opinions-academic-freedom-in-new-zealand/ Noah Carl on border closures in countries with few entry-points: https://quillette.com/2021/02/15/do-lockdowns-work-only-if-you-lock-the-borders-down-too/ John Gibson"s article about COVID mortality: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00779954.2024.2314770

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