BBC Russian

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 [...]

CONCLUDING COMMENTS TO THE MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES CONFERENCE: June 24, Wellington.

Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
I should like to begin by congratulating the organisers of the conference. There has been an open, vigorous and flowing debate, reminiscent of the New Zealand economics community of the 1960s and 1970s, where a wide range of views were presented as diverse as Wolf Rosenberg on the left through to the [...]

SECTORS AND PRICES: Exportables and the Real Exchange Rate

Some Preparatory Notes: ultimately not used.
Keywords: Globalisation & Trade; Macroeconomics & Money;
I am not sure you have asked the right person to be on the panel, since the topic is policy; my interests are research. So I thought I would consult an old friend, Cassandra. Fortunately I dont have to channel her; she has sent [...]

NOW LET ME GIVE YOU THE RESULTS OF AN EQUALLY VALID SURVEY ….

Letter to The Dominion-Post, 10 June, 2011.
Keywords: Governance;
Lacking the impetus to chase hard stories, the �Dominion-Post� ran a survey of government departments last Tuesday based on the rankings of an arbitrary panel. At the bottom was the Ministry of Culture and Heritage scoring 3.18/7. This reflected that the panel did not contain the many who [...]

OUR BIG LEAN GREEK WEDDING

What was available could have been shared out more fairly, but the Budget�s� courageous realism kept the shotguns unloaded
Listener: 4 June, 2011.
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
Mentioning credit ratings at the 2011 budget was like mentioning sex at a wedding. Everyone knows, but you dont say it. Instead they focus on the feast and festivities. Not that [...]

Brian Easton