Prelude to Arbitration in Three Movements: Ulster, South Australia, New Zealand: 1890-1894 by W. J. Gardner (2009) 174pp. (Available from W. J. Gardner, Box 5634, Papanui, Christchurch 8542, $NZ30) Published in Labour History Project, Newsletter 49 July 2010, p.25-27. Keywords: Labour Studies; Political Economy & History; The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, passed in 1894,…
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Listener: 24 July, 2010 Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; For most of the world’s history, economic activity was determined by population. Inequality between regions did not happen much, because any rise in incomes was checked by a Malthusian expansion of population. But the spectacular 19th-century industrialisation of Europe and North America concentrated economic activity there and…
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A national study of New Zealanders Keywords: Health; Statistics; Published in the Journal of Gambling Issues 24, July 2010, pp.33-53. Authors: En-Yi Judy Lin; Sally Casswell; Brian Easton; Taisia Huckle; Lanuola Asiasiga; Ru Quan You: Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand Abstract This study provides quantitative measures…
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Paper to the Wairarapa Branch of the NZIIA, July 21 2010. Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Macroeconomics & Money; Introduction Future historians are likely to identify the topics of this evening’s presentation as the two major economic forces of our times: the rising importance of the Chinese economy and the Global Financial Crisis. My task tonight…
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SOME BLOG COMMENTS The Dim-Post blog, extracted a section from Does the Government Know What it is Doing? (http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1217). There was a vigorous and – usually intelligent – commentary, to which I – quite out of character – responded. Here are my replies. The full blog is at http://dimpost.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/does-the-government-know-what-its-doing/ Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy…
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There is good reason to think the Global Financial Crisis will last a few years longer. Listener: 10 July, 2010. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; We once had a Ford Escort that got stuck crossing fords. (We called it the Ford which wouldn’t.) The first time this happened, I involuntarily switched on the starter motor, which…
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U3A; Christchurch, 6 July 2010 Keywords: Political Economy & History; The continent Zealandia, on which New Zealand sits, is the eroded soil from the Australian continent which, over hundreds of millions of years, was swept down the rivers to the sea along its eastern coast where it compacted and solidified. About 70 million years ago…
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