Why are we faring so badly when it comes to the health of our children? Listener 21 August, 2010. Keywords: Social Policy; We used to think New Zealand was the best place in the world to bring up children. Alas, this is no longer true, as the statistics in the box below show. They come…
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Paper for the launch of “Alcohol No Ordinary Commodity 2 ed”, 19 August, 2010. Keywords: Health; Regulation & Taxation; Executive Summary: This paper argues that the harm from the consumption of alcohol can be reduced by targeting the minimum of price of alcohol, but by using an excise drawback rather than setting a minimum price…
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Anglican Taonga, Spring 2010. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; The world has just gone through its greatest financial crisis since the 1930s. We may be grateful that things were not as bad as was feared, but we need to recognise that while the financial stage of the crisis may be over, there are still economic consequences…
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Spectacular Growth May Be Masking Unstable Foundations. Listener, 7 August, 2010. Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Political Economy & History; The question was asked aggressively, and came from the Australian-Chinese businessman as we sat down for lunch: “Is there a bubble?” I avoided a direct answer; I had only briefly visited China, but I knew what…
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This is a draft extract from a chapter of “Not in Narrow Seas: A History of New Zealand from an economic perspective”. It has been circulated and hence is put here on the website. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; New Zealand’s greatest banking crisis came at the end of the Long Depression….
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This obituary was published in Foreign Control Watchdog 124 (August 2010) p.64-66. It is is based on Defender of the Vulnerable: Tributes to Hugh Price 1929-2009 (Steele Roberts, 2010), and complements Murray Horton’s obituary in the May 2010 issue which focused on the CAFCA and SIS dimensions of Hugh’s life. Keywords: Political Economy & History;…
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