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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector?

November 9, 2022

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector? The corporate retail banks are making mega profits on the back of Government policies and indirect subsidies of recent years. As a result, there are calls from across almost the whole political spectrum for greater regulation ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-govt-act-on-mega-bank-profits-and-reform-the-banking-sector/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – The Cost-of-Living Crisis, and Inflation

November 9, 2022

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The present cost-of-living crisis, and the present inflation, are global issues. It is just silly to discuss these, to address these, in predominantly nationalist terms. The next key point to note is that rises in the cost-of-living and inflation are not the same thing, yet public discussion largely treats them as ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Cost-of-Living Crisis, and Inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/09/keith-rankin-analysis-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-inflation/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Cost-of-Living Crisis, and Inflation">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng: What they were Thinking

November 7, 2022

Analysis by Keith Rankin. In the last three months, Elizabeth (Liz) Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng performed an amazing political boom and bust routine. They captured the British Conservative Party at a time that such a capture meant a direct route to power in the United Kingdom. (More commonly, at least in New Zealand, political party ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng: What they were Thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/07/keith-rankin-analysis-liz-truss-and-kwasi-kwarteng-what-they-were-thinking/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng: What they were Thinking">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Essay – Problem of Price Increases: ‘Cost of Living’ versus ‘Inflation’

April 21, 2022

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The new (though not unfamiliar to older New Zealanders) crisis of 2022 (and most likely beyond) has become, alternatively, a ‘cost of living’ or an ‘inflation’ crisis. The public discussion treats these two ‘enemies of the people’ as one and the same thing. But they are not. Indeed such conflation is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Problem of Price Increases: ‘Cost of Living’ versus ‘Inflation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/keith-rankin-essay-problem-of-price-increases-cost-of-living-versus-inflation/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Problem of Price Increases: ‘Cost of Living’ versus ‘Inflation’">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Borrowing Hurdles: Unintended Consequences arising from Wilful Blindness

March 23, 2022

Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 1 December 2021 the CCCFA (Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act) entered Aotearoa New Zealand with more stealth than the Omicron BA2 variant. It resulted in unintended consequences that were (and are) entirely predictable. There are two sets of ‘unintended but predictable consequences’: those consequences that make anxious and desperate ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Borrowing Hurdles: Unintended Consequences arising from Wilful Blindness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/keith-rankin-analysis-borrowing-hurdles-unintended-consequences-arising-from-wilful-blindness/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Borrowing Hurdles: Unintended Consequences arising from Wilful Blindness">Read more</a>

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LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies

March 2, 2022

A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss the ongoing Russian attacks against Ukraine, including: Whether the Russian Federation’s president Vladimir Putin has lost the support of significant leaders of allied nations, and if so what does this mean for Russia as a global power? We ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-on-why-putin-has-exhausted-the-support-of-his-natural-allies/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies">Read more</a>

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SPECIAL TAXATION REPORT: Creating the citizen economy

December 20, 2021

Taxation is the mechanism for redistribution of wealth to combat inequality and for redirecting resources to build a society. But our current tax principles though largely hidden or not understood by ordinary people, lie at the root of all our current inequality and struggling economy. Struggling at least for ordinary people. This article shows our current tax principles are central to our economic problems. Understand and fix tax and we are on a path to greater economic security and wealth for all, a ‘citizens economy’.

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Basic Universal Income and Economic Rights

November 30, 2021

Analysis by Keith Rankin. “Broad growth is only going to come when you put money in the hands of people, and that’s why we talk about a Universal Basic Income”. [Ritu Dewan, Indian Society of Labour Economics]. (From How long before India’s economy recovers, ‘Context India’, Al Jazeera, 31 Oct 2021.) India may be to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Basic Universal Income and Economic Rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/keith-rankin-analysis-basic-universal-income-and-economic-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Basic Universal Income and Economic Rights">Read more</a>

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PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning on Covid-19 Driven Economic Change

November 11, 2021

In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss the Covid-19 driven transition from Neo-liberal to Neo-Keynesian Economics. In particular, Buchanan and Manning examine whether we are witnessing a fundamental change to global economics

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LIVE@12:15pm: Buchanan + Manning on Covid-19 Driven Economic Change

November 11, 2021

A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss the Covid-19 driven transition from Neo-liberal to Neo-Keynesian Economics. In particular, Buchanan and Manning will examine whether we are witnessing a fundamental change to global economics and will consider: How since the Covid-19 pandemic arrived even neo-liberal state ... <a title="LIVE@12:15pm: Buchanan + Manning on Covid-19 Driven Economic Change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/livemidday-buchanan-manning-on-covid-19-driven-economic-change/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@12:15pm: Buchanan + Manning on Covid-19 Driven Economic Change">Read more</a>

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Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?

October 31, 2021

Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), they can be sure that our region will be in the spotlight: many of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change are ... <a title="Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/op-ed-is-asia-and-the-pacific-ready-for-the-global-climate-stage/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?">Read more</a>