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FIVE GREAT STAGNATIONS

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 issued [...]

26th July 2011 | Comments Closed

GREAT DAYS IN NEW ZEALAND BORROWING

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 already over-borrowed, Vogel [...]

23rd July 2011 | Comments Closed

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

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, nor that [...]

15th July 2011 | Comments Closed

McILRAITH’S MEASURE OF PROSPERITY

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 monograph [...]

9th July 2011 | Comments Closed

IN DANGER OF OVER-PROMISING

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 promises are formulated.
During [...]

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VENTURING OUT OF NARROW SEAS

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 I took only [...]

6th July 2011 | Comments Closed