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December 6, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 29 October 2022, the New Zealand Listener published 10 Billion reasons to be cheerful, an article by Greg Dixon summarising “futurologist” Hamish McRae’s 2022 book The World in 2050: How to think about the future. (Note also the accompanying article, A blast from the past; and the letters responses.) The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Predicting the Coming Quarter Century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/keith-rankin-essay-predicting-the-coming-quarter-century/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Predicting the Coming Quarter Century">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2022
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist A year after re-opening its borders, Fiji has recorded an injection of F$805 million into its economy from international visitor arrivals between April and August. After shutting its borders for almost two years at the height of the covid-19 pandemic, Fiji has welcomed 520,000 tourists to its shores in ... <a title="‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/03/tourists-buzzing-in-resorts-and-islands-as-fiji-welcomes-back-visitors/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Economics is a profound and important discipline. But its practice is prone to self-censorship, and still reflects in large part its (Victorian era) glory days and the sensibilities of that era. The father and mother of today’s textbook economics were Alfred Marshall and Mary Paley who published The Economics of Industry ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Using the Sex Industry to Critique Textbook Economics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/keith-rankin-essay-using-the-sex-industry-to-critique-textbook-economics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Using the Sex Industry to Critique Textbook Economics">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The academic study of history, more than anything else, is about the relationships between social elites and the lower classes. Yet, when it comes to the present, the relationships between elites and wider society is under-discussed, both popularly and academically. (In academia, it is the province of sociology, a social ‘science’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – How do Left-Wing Elites Make their Money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/keith-rankin-essay-how-do-left-wing-elites-make-their-money/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – How do Left-Wing Elites Make their Money?">Read more</a>
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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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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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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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September 9, 2022
COMMENT: By John Minto Deception and political spin crossed new boundaries this week with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, under pressure to explain the housing catastrophe in Rotorua, making the absurd statement: “Our long-term plan is to get them into sustainable, long-term safe housing. It’s why for instance we’ve worked so hard to now have built ... <a title="John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial spin on state housing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/09/john-minto-where-are-the-journalists-to-tackle-nzs-prime-ministerial-spin-on-state-housing/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial spin on state housing?">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools ... <a title="OP-ED: The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/op-ed-the-right-policies-can-protect-the-workers-of-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
By Stephen Forbes of Local Democracy Reporting Despite total borrowings reaching $11.1 billion, the Auckland Council Group’s latest results show it has managed to weather the worst of the storm created by the covid pandemic. But the super city’s statement to the NZX shows it will face some tough times ahead as it seeks to ... <a title="Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/super-city-aucklands-council-financial-results-signal-tough-times-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2022
By Geraldine Panapasa, editor-in-chief of Wansolwara News Media partnerships are an important part of the region’s journey and narrative as a Pacific family, says Vanuatu’s Finance and Economic Management Director-General Letlet Augustus in a message to news media. Opening the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) Media Workshop in Port Vila last week, he said the ... <a title="Media partnerships ‘vital for growing Pacific awareness’, says Vanuatu finance chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/17/media-partnerships-vital-for-growing-pacific-awareness-says-vanuatu-finance-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Media partnerships ‘vital for growing Pacific awareness’, says Vanuatu finance chief">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Russel Norman, executive director of Greenpeace Aotearoa Only people power can ensure genuine enduring progress on climate and people need to know the truth if they are to act on it. For that reason greenwashing is the enemy of progress on climate and where you stand on greenwashing is the Rubicon of our ... <a title="Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of real climate action is dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/russel-norman-dont-be-fooled-by-nz-greenwashing-the-lack-of-real-climate-action-is-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of real climate action is dangerous">Read more</a>
