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Tony Ryall on Aged Care
The NZ Herald has a story today on a study that found that 23% of a sample of rest home residents in Wanganui (NZ provincial city of about 45,000) are malnourished. It’s really a shocking statistic, but the story is … Continue reading
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NZ Business and Employment Statistics
Last week the NZ Statistics Department released the “NZ Business Demography Statistics: At February 2010.” The data was reported by Newstalk ZB, who also had their story published by the NZ Herald. The business demography statistics are primarily concerned with … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Zealand
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Responsibility
A few days ago, I watched an interview that Tavis Smiley did recently with Time magazine columnist Joe Klein on PBS (video here) and I was struck by this statement Klein made while talking about people he met on a … Continue reading
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Latest NZ Trade Data
[Last updated 10/31: After re-reading the original version of this post and checking the data from the Statistics Department again, I realized I had misinterpreted a couple of numbers in the Herald article – which I guess illustrates why I … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Zealand
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Lucid Lynx
Yes, I’ve been a little quiet again. My server got hacked and the good folks at slicehost where it lives asked me to rebuild the machine from scratch. It’s taken some effort, not so much for the blog, but more … Continue reading
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Why Banks Aren’t Lending
Well it’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog entry, mainly because I’ve been spending time with some of my family who were visiting from NZ. It was great to have them here, but now that they’re gone … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education
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Ignorance or Hypocrisy?
Last week the US House of Representatives passed the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, a bill that would allow the Commerce Department to impose tariffs on imports from countries it believes manipulate their currencies. The point of the legislation … Continue reading
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Brookings on Controlling the Deficit
The Brookings Institution released a paper today (ok it’s now after midnight – I guess it was yesterday) titled The Future is Now: A Balanced Plan to Stabilize Public Debt and Promote Economic Growth, by William Galston and Maya MacGuineas. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
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St Lukes Expansion Reprieve
I was pleased to read a few days ago that the Auckland City Council has deferred a decision on whether to approve a proposed expansion of the St Lukes mall in Mt Albert. I grew up in Mt Albert so … Continue reading
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The Republicans’ ‘Pledge to America’
A preview of the Republican’s new Pledge to America has been released to news organizations today and will reportedly be launched formally tomorrow. I’ve taken a fairly quick look through it, mostly the parts that relate to the economy, and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Republicans
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