Recent devastation in the Pacific has a parallel in the great New Zealand tsunami. Listener: 7 November, 2009. Keywords: Maori; Political Economy & History; The sea grew dark and troubled and angry, and presently a great wave, which gathered strength as it came, swept towards the shore. It advanced over the beach, sweeping Titipa and…
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Spirited Conversations: Nelson, 29 October 2009. Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History; This evening’s presentation is about two terms which are homophones. I shall begin by talking about prophets – spelt p-r o-p-h-e-t-s. Later I shall talk about p-r-o-f-i-t-s. Both have a number of meanings, not least the…
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Political Review July /August 1996. An earlier version was published as ‘Of Dogma and Dealers’. Electronic Journal of Organisational Theory
Keywords: Business & Finance; Political Economy & History;
It is sometimes hard to recognise the New Zealand which the enthusiasts for the recent reforms portray.
When the economy is dire, first Budgets can be good, bad or an ugly shade of black. Listener: 30 May, 2009. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; : Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; The first Budget of a new government is a defining moment. The Key Government’s is on Thursday, May 28….
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Would you rather be comforted or told the truth? Listener: 2 May, 2009. Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; April 26 is the centenary of the birth of the great 20th-century newspaper columnist William Connor, who wrote under the byline Cassandra. The allusion is to…
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This letter is discussed in What Happened in July 1984: and the Aftermath: (OCR of Original) Keywords: Political Economy & History; DAVID SHEPPARD’S LETTER OF JULY 13, 1984. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS 13 June, 1984 The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Muldoon Minister of Finance, Parliament Buildings, Wellington Dear Sir…
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A memoir as explained below. Keywords: Political Economy & History; The 2006 biography, Roderick Deane: His Life and Times by Michael and Judith Bassett twice mentioned me. On both occasions the statements were wrong on matters of fact. Had anyone believed the claims they would have thought ill of me. While the facts related to…
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Between Brian Easton and Penguin Publishing in Relation to Matters Concerning Roderick Deane: His Life and Times, by Michael Bassett and Judith Basset, Keywords: Political Economy & History; APPENDIX I: DEED OF AGREEMENT (OCR of Original ) THIS DEED is dated the 17th day of October 2008 BETWEEN BRIAN HENRY EASTON…
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Press Release: 12 December, 2008. Keywords: Political Economy & History; The dispute between Brian Easton in regard to the 2006 publication of Roderick Deane: His Life and Times written by Michael and Judith Bassett and published by Penguin Books has been resolved to Dr Easton’s satisfaction. He objected to the two things…
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Cycles and Depressions in New Zealand History This is a revised version of a paper given to IPS seminar, 22 November 2008. It is similar to the article published in Policy Quarterly, Volume 3, No 1, February 2009, pp.17-23. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; Introduction It is said that a banker’s most…
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Contribution to a panel which is a part of the launch of the Australia-New Zealand Connections Research Centre (ANZRC), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Friday 10 October 2008. Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Labour Studies; Political Economy & History; The Trans-Tasman labour market is over two hundred years old – perhaps since the first convict…
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The 2008 Michael King Memorial Lecture, University of Otago, 9 October 2008. [1] Keywords: Maori; Political Economy & History; Michael King and I were students together. It would not be true to say we were close friends afterwards – for we lived in different parts of New Zealand and worked in different areas….
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Presentation to a Union Gathering: July 2, 2008 Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Growth & Innovation; Political Economy & History; Central to policy is that there are always new forces which are requiring to adapt policies to new circumstances – what may be called ‘ongoing modernisation’. There are three major sources of these forces. …
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What does his biographer think? An elaborated version of the article published in “The New Zealand Herald”, 7 June 2008. Keywords: Political Economy & History; I had already seen the just-released security file Dr Sutch. Preparing the entry for William Ball Sutch in The New Zealand Dictionary of Biography I approached the NZ Security Intelligence…
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Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History; Biographical Essays (October 2000) Entry in The New Zealand Dictionary of Biography (November 2001) Entry in Chapter 7 – early life to 1950 and Chapter 10 – later life from 1951 of The Nationbuilders (September 1998) Trying to Understand Dr Sutch (December 2001) Sutch…
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Presentation for the “ 3 Books, 3 Scholars” seminar in the J.C. Beaglehole room – 27th May Keywords: Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; When it was first opened over forty years, this room was a part of the teaching rooms of the university. I guess I am confessing that I am a…
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A Spirited Conversation: 7 April 2008. Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; When I began the study which led to my book, Globalisation and the Wealth of Nations, I assumed that ultimately globalisation would destroy nations. I knew that globalisation had created the modern nation-state, which hardly existed…
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This proposal to the Marsden Fund indicates the state of play in February 2008 Keywords: Political Economy & History; The last attempt to write a comprehensive New Zealand economic history was Condliffe’s New Zealand in the Making (1930) and The Welfare in New Zealand (1959). There are various studies which cover particular periods,…
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Current economic debate rarely extends beyond hearsay and uninformed opinion. Listener: 15 December, 2007. Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History; Thirty years ago, a large majority of New Zealand economists argued for greater use of the market to regulate the economy. Prime Minister Rob Muldoon was sympathetic,…
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Now is your chance to choose strong local governance. Listener: 6 October, 2007. Keywords: Governance; Political Economy & History; Why are you voting in this month’s local body elections? I’m voting because I believe in the principle of “subsidiarity”, that decisions should be taken at the lowest effective level. That is why I often support…
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