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THE PASSIONATE ECONOMIST

A tribute to Wolfgang Rosenberg (1914-2007) – scholar, public intellectual and gentleman.
 
Listener: 21 April, 2007.
 
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy;
 
There were many tributes to Wolf Rosenberg when he died recently at 92. As well as his considerable achievements as a teacher, writer and activist, people recalled his commitment to economics and law (a profession [...]

21st April 2007 | Comments Closed

HOUSING PRICES RELATIVE TO CONSUMER PRICES

Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;

I was asked to provide the New Zealand equivalent in the graph showing US housing prices relative to consumer prices in Real Estate Roller Coaster .

The longest housing price series I could find starts at the end of 1979 and finishes in late 2006. I wont go into detail [...]

10th April 2007 | Comments Closed

A GAP FOR CLOSING

Maori incomes are catching up, but there’s a long way to go.
 
Listener: 7 April, 2007.
 
Keywords: Distributional Economics; Maori;
 
Sometimes I am proud of New Zealand’s achievements in race relations. Not that they are perfect; far from it. But we try, we acknowledge our past failures (sometimes reluctantly) and we can be willing to incorporate ethnic diversity [...]

7th April 2007 | Comments Closed

THE ROUGH DRAFTS OF HISTORY

The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception: Nicky Hager (Craig Potton 2006) 351pp, $35.00. 
 
An earlier version of this review was submitted to a history journal and rejected because ‘the points you’re making about history writing are so well known to our readers that they don’t need to be said in quite [...]

5th April 2007 | Comments Closed