Listener: 31 March, 2012. Keywords: Regulation & Taxation; It would be wrong to prejudge the findings of the royal commissions on the Pike River coal mine deaths and the Canterbury earthquakes. But it’s still a good idea to respond promptly to the available evidence and take necessary measures, as the Department of Labour did by…
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Presentation to the Wellington School of Medicine: 23 March 2012 Keywords: Health; Regulation & Taxation; This presentation was based upon the paper to the Global Alcohol Policy Conference, 14-16 February. It is at http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1633
Listener: 17 Match, 2012. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Regulation & Taxation; Eminent economist James Tobin in 1972 suggested a financial transaction tax on spot-market currency conversions. Many others have supported him. That includes people who don’t like money and think of a financial transaction tax as a sin tax. (Tobin certainly did not. He was…
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Presentation to the Golden Bay U3A, 6 March, 2012. Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Macroeconomics & Money; This presentation was based upon a Spirited Conversation given at Nelson 24 August, 2011. The latest version of the paper is at http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1524
Listener: 3 March 2012. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Regulation & Taxation; Forecasts for the New Zealand economy have been wound back since last year. Given the deteriorating state of the world economy, they will probably be wound back even further. And that’s going to make it even harder for the Government to meet its election…
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An appendix for Not in Narrow Seas: New Zealand History from an Economic Perspective The work was funded by a grant from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand which is not responsible for any errors or interpretations. A version was presented to an RBNZ seminar on 1 March 2012. Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy…
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