Monthly Archives: June 2010

Does the Government Know What It Is Doing?

Spirited Conversations, 23 June, 2010, Nelson. Keywords: Political Economy & History; Being Able to Predict Government Policy The topic initially suggested for tonight’s Spirited Conversations was to talk about the 2010 budget. I knew that this event would be two months later, by which time things would have moved on. So I chose instead ‘Does…
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The Changing Balance Of World Power

Note to a foreign policy meeting under Chatham House rules, 21 June, 2010. Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Political Economy & History; The central thesis of my paper is that the balance of world economic power is changing dramatically. The shift reflects the world economy shifting back to the pattern of the eighteenth century and earlier…
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