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REVOLUTIONISING THE WAY WE SHOP: Products Talking to One Another

Presentation to �Connecting the Dots� a conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of global standards (bar codes) in New Zealand. 25 February 2009.
Keywords: Business & Finance;
�I cant remember bar codes and scanners being introduced into my shopping life. Except when I try really hard I cant REALLY remember what went before. Thirty years ago we [...]

PRODUCTS TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER

This is a report I prepared for GS1 to celebrate their 30th birthday in February 2009. . The full report is available from http://www.gs1nz.org/
Keywords: Business & Finance;
: Business & Finance; Executive Summary
This report is about the GS1 Universal Product Code, its history, its uses and its future uses.
There are three basic messages:
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ROBBING PETER

Is the entire financial system just one big pyramid scheme?
Listener: 21 February, 2009
: 21 February, 2009Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
: Macroeconomics & Money;Carlo Ponzi was an Italian migrant to the United States who, after a career of petty larceny and time in prison, thought there was an opportunity to make a fortune from arbitraging international postal [...]

DRINKING LIBERALLY II: THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY

Paper to �Drinking Liberally� forum, 12 February 2009.
The paper is in two parts.�� Part I

Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
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To summarise what I was saying before the liberal drinking. The international monetary system is not working because of the large quantity of unknown and unlocated toxic assets on the balance sheets of its private financial institutions. The [...]

DRINKING LIBERALLY I: THE WORLD ECONOMY

Paper to �Drinking Liberally� forum, 12 February 2009.
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Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
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The world economy is in an extremely unsatisfactory state � some would say it is teetering on the edge of a depression comparable to that which occurred in the 1930s. There are no quick fixes. It is going [...]

THE WORLD ECONOMY IN 2008: AND AFTER

Presentation to the NZIIA, February 10, 2009.
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Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
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September 2008 � or perhaps August 2007 � is likely to remembered in a manner similar to the Wall St crash of October 1929, or the terrorist attack of 9/11. It was the point at which it became clear to all but the most [...]

BALANCING ACT

What goes down may well come back up, but who knows when?�
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Listener: 7 February, 2009�
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Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; �
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The economic situation, both locally and internationally, is in such a state of confusion that anyone who says they know what is happening doesn�t understand the mess we are in. This is new territory, and there is [...]

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF GAMBLING

Paper to the Wellington Statistical Group, 2 February, 2009.
(With Quan (Ryan) You Analyst, Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE), of Massey University.)
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Keywords: Health; Statistics;
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In 2007 the Ministry of Health commissioned Massey University�s Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE) and Te Ropu Whariki to provide a survey [...]

Brian Easton