Paper to Treasury Seminar: 26 July, 2011. Keywords: Growth & Innovation; Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; Introduction I am writing a history of New Zealand from an economic perspective. Thankyou for the opportunity to present some of its material; it may have a contemporary relevance. I want particularly to thank John Whitehead, who…
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The Reserve Bank’s cobbled measures got us through the 2008 crisis Listener: 23 July, 2011. Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Political Economy & History; 1878: While Julius Vogel was on a ship to London, the City Bank of Glasgow crashed. The London money market – the financial centre of the world – plunged. Although we were…
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A Research Gathering: Viewing New Zealand’s Social, Economic and Political History Through the Eyes of the CPI; 15 July, 2010 Keywords: Political Economy & History; Statistics; My task today is to convey that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) occurs in an economic, political and social context. That does not mean that the statistic lacks authority,…
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This note was originally much more elaborate, because I had a very complicated account of what I thought McIlraith was trying to do. And then I worked out the following. A bit of a let down, but here to save others doing the same. Keywords: Statistics; James Wordsworth McIlraith (1877-195?[1]) is best remembered for his…
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Policies formed in Opposition can bite a new government. Listener: 9 July, 2011. Keywords: Political Economy & History; Jim Anderton once said that a bad day in Government was better than a year in Opposition. But decisions made in parliamentary opposition may end up as many bad days in government, for that is where election…
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Ministry of Culture and Heritage History Seminars: 6 July 2011 Keywords: Political Economy & History; Today I want to talk about my current project: writing a history of New Zealand from an economics perspective – it has the tentative title Not in Narrow Seas. It may seem over-ambitious to take on such a challenge, since…
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