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THE ORIGINS OF ARBITRATION

Prelude to Arbitration in Three Movements: Ulster, South Australia, New Zealand: 1890-1894 by W. J. Gardner (2009) 174pp. (Available from W. J. Gardner, Box 5634, Papanui, Christchurch 8542, $NZ30)
Published in Labour History Project, Newsletter 49 July 2010, p.25-27.
Keywords: Labour Studies; Political Economy & History;
The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, passed in 1894, has been an [...]

WILL CHINA RULE THE WORLD?

Listener: 24 July, 2010
Keywords: Globalisation & Trade;
For most of the world’s history, economic activity was determined by population. Inequality between regions did not happen much, because any rise in incomes was checked by a Malthusian expansion of population. But the spectacular 19th-century industrialisation of Europe and North America concentrated economic activity there and led to [...]

TIME AND MONEY SPENT GAMBLING AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES:

A national study of New Zealanders
Keywords:� Health; Statistics;
Published in the Journal of Gambling Issues 24, July 2010, pp.33-53.
Authors: En-Yi Judy Lin; Sally Casswell; Brian Easton; Taisia Huckle; Lanuola Asiasiga;
Ru Quan You:� Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract
This study provides quantitative measures of the impacts of gambling [...]

CHINA AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Paper to the Wairarapa Branch of the NZIIA, July 21 2010.
Keywords:� Globalisation & Trade; Macroeconomics & Money;
Introduction
Future historians are likely to identify the topics of this evening�s presentation as the two major economic forces of our times: the rising importance of the Chinese economy and the Global Financial Crisis. My task tonight is to [...]

SOME BLOG COMMENTS

SOME BLOG COMMENTS
The Dim-Post blog, extracted a section from Does the Government Know What it is Doing? (http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1217).�� There was a vigorous and � usually intelligent �� commentary, to which I � quite out of character � responded. Here are my replies. The full blog is at
http://dimpost.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/does-the-government-know-what-its-doing/
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History;
Vibenna: What [...]

SECOND GREAT CONTRACTION?

There is good reason to think the Global Financial Crisis will last a few years longer.
Listener: 10 July, 2010.
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
We once had a Ford Escort that got stuck crossing fords. (We called it the Ford which wouldn’t.) The first time this happened, I involuntarily switched on the starter motor, which gave just enough [...]

AUSTRALIA AND THE FUTURE OF NEW ZEALAND

U3A; Christchurch, 6 July 2010
Keywords: Political Economy & History;
The continent Zealandia, on which New Zealand sits, is the eroded soil from the Australian continent which, over hundreds of millions of years, was swept down the rivers to the sea along its eastern coast where it compacted and solidified. About 70 million years ago [...]

Brian Easton