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WHAT ARE OUR ECONOMIC PRIORITIES?

Fabian Society, Wellington, 20 October, 2011
(Note that this is a revised version of the paper at http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1524.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Macroeconomics & Money;
Tonight I want to talk about our economic priorities. I’m going to differ from the conventional wisdom by arguing we should pay less attention to the growth of material output [...]

20th October 2011 | Comments Closed

AN ETHICAL ECONOMY?

Poverty in New Zealand, St Peters on Willis , Wellington, 17 October, 2011. (This followed a presentation by Stephanie McIntyre, the director of the Downtown Community Ministry.)
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History;
I want to begin by saying I have an enormous respect for Stephanie McIntyre, the team she works with, [...]

17th October 2011 | Comments Closed

WHAT ARE OUR ECONOMIC PRIORITIES?

Spirited Conversations: Nelson 24 August, 2011
A revised version of this column is at http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1549.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Macroeconomics & Money;
Tonight I want to talk to talk about our economic priorities. I’m going to differ from the conventional wisdom by arguing we should pay less attention to the growth of material output and [...]

24th August 2011 | Comments Closed

INDIAN LISTENER COLUMNS

Keywords: Growth & Innovation; History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History;
The Asia New Zealand Foundation kindly made a grant to enable me to visit India. Here are the columns I wrote:
A CLASH OF TITANS (22 January, 2011) http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1416
GOD’S OTHER COUNTRY (19 February, 2011) http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1435
INDIA’S UNMET DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS (16 April, 2011) http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1478
POOR [...]

25th June 2011 | Comments Closed

AMARTYA SEN AND INDIA’S FUTURE

India is a country of the past, but it is also a country of the future.
Listener: 25 June, 2011.
Keywords: Growth & Innovation; History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History;
Many New Zealanders find India mysterious, for we don’t have much to do with it – unfortunately it is just out of direct flight [...]

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QUAKENOMICS

Earthquakes are bad for the economy, despite the wool some are trying to pull.
Listener: 19 March, 2011.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy;
Business journalists sometimes seem to compete among themselves for the silliest argument, but the height of fatuity must be the crowing that the Christchurch earthquakes will increase our gross domestic product (GDP). Perhaps [...]

19th March 2011 | Comments Closed

THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN NEW ZEALAND

Paper to a Student Group from Carleton University, 10 February 2011.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History; Social Policy;
Europeans were greatly puzzled by the American debate over President Obama’s health reforms, for almost everyone there assumes the public sector should actively promote universal health care. Clearly that is not the [...]

10th February 2011 | Comments Closed

WHAT CHANCE A GENUINELY CREATIVE INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY?

Management Magazine, February 2011, p.9.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy;
While like Colin James in his November column (Management Magazine), I would be delighted if New Zealand were to produce a economist or philosopher of the international quality of David Hume or Adam Smith – the leaders of the Scottish enlightenment – the prospect is [...]

1st February 2011 | Comments Closed

YEAH, RIGHTS

Human “rights” are often riddled with ambiguity – which is why they can be such a worry.
Listener: 29 May, 2010.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Maori;
How is it possible to say New Zealand’s signing of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is of no great consequence (the Prime Minister’s interpretation) yet [...]

29th May 2010 | Comments Closed

A GOOD KEYNES MAN

Paul Samuelson, 1916-2009.
Listener: 23 January, 2010
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy;
We called it “Sam”, but its official title was Economics. Written by Paul Samuelson, it’s the book that – as author Robert Heilbroner put it – “changed our vision of economics from the dismal science to a study of social possibilities”. The first edition [...]

23rd January 2010 | Comments Closed
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