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POOR INDIA

Listener: 28 May, 2011.
Keywords: Political Economy & History;
India told those negotiating the Doha Round – the multilateral attempt to liberalise world trade – it had over 700 million people dependent on subsistence farming, more than the entire populations of the European Union and the United States combined. It was not willing to sacrifice them, India [...]

28th May 2011 | Comments Closed

THE COMING WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER

Wairarapa Institute of International Affairs: 25 May, 2011.
Keywords: Globalisation & Trade;
It is easy thinking about the future by projecting recent trends. But if the past is a foreign country, so is the future . Tonight I am going to paint a scenario of a world economy which will be very different from anything we have [...]

26th May 2011 | Comments Closed

NOT IN DENIAL

This was a note I wrote – ‘Listener’ style – in response to the critics of the 2011 budget.
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
Dealing with addiction is confounded by denial: ‘I’m not a drunk’; ‘One more wont hurt’; ‘I need it to get through the day’; ‘He drinks more than me’. ‘I’ve cut back my drinking (so [...]

19th May 2011 | Comments Closed

CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE TAX

Listener: May 9, 2011
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Regulation & Taxation;
John Key has shown considerable ability responding to the moods of the New Zealand public. That’s why I’m astonished by his rejection of an earthquake levy, involving a relatively small tax on income over 10 or more years to pay off the costs incurred by the [...]

9th May 2011 | Comments Closed