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VENTURING OUT OF NARROW SEAS II

Stout Research Centre Research Roundup: 26 October 2011
(A previous version of this paper is at http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1504)
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.
Economics is not much of an experimental [...]

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, [...]

NOT BLACK AND WHITE

Letter to Herald on Sunday, published 4 September 2011
Keywords:� Political Economy & History;
Debrioh Coddington said I blamed �Rogernomics for Pike River�s 29 miner deaths�. (Herald on Sunday, 28 August) I did not and have not. I await the outcome of the Royal Commission which is far more expert and informed than I am. It may [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Brian Easton