Economy
It was easy for election night commentators to use the ‘landslide’ trope to describe Labour’s winning of the 2020 election. But the historical record suggests that such landslides may not last long.
(The image is of Abbotsford after its landslide and thirty years later — Otago Daily Times.)
Read MoreMMP may deliver a parliament which reflects us, but frequently the government does not.
Read Morehe economy has been through a traumatic experience. Prospects look sobering.
Read MoreThe Covid Crisis provides insights into how critical global connectedness has become to our lives.
Read More‘The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update’ (PREFU) tells us something about the future of the Public Sector but it requires careful analysis to assess how it is going.
Read MoreAlways to islanders danger
Is what comes over the seas
‘Landfall in Unknown Seas’ (Allen Curnow)
Six economic issues external to New Zealand, which will greatly impact upon us.
Read MoreWindows 95 is famous for requiring the shutting down the system by clicking ‘start, like stopping your car by turning the ignition key on. Why are so many interfaces so user-unfriendly?
Read MoreThe standard trope of the war of the worlds is of extraterrestrial human-like aliens, perhaps from Mars, invading earth and waging an unrelenting war against its inhabitants. The source of Covid-19 is this earth and it is certainly not human-like. Even so, the entire earth is facing a universal invader which takes no prisoners. How have we responded to the new world war?
Read MoreThe nation-state continues to thirve despite the pressures of globalisation and social diversity.
Read MoreMuddled thinking about how the government functions – or even what the government is – confuses public understandings of what is going on.
Read MoreThe old ways of thinking about the macroeconomy have been found wanting, but the alternative is not clear.
Read More‘Good Economics for Hard Times’ should be on your reading list.
Read MoreWe are failing to think though the interdependencies in an economy.
Read MoreJust where in the economic spectrum does the current National Party stand?
Read MoreA recent column was concerned that the next health system redisorganisation was about centralising control, without adequate accountability, rather than about how to provide better health care. There has gotta be a better way.
Read MoreDuring a recent public consultation on the future of Archives New Zealand, a key report was suppressed. The Ombudsman has ruled that the refusal was unjustified. Sadly, the consultation was over by the time of the the decision has been made. However, the law on the use of the Official Information Act has been clarified.
Read MoreIs the consequence of the Simpson Report proposals for restructuring the health system poorer accountability to people?
Read MoreWill the Covid Crisis lead to a dramatic redirection for New Zealand and the World?
Read MoreThe past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.
Read MoreThe Government is spending like it was trying to win the election. The Opposition is trying to outbid it
Read More
