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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy , Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Budget 2020’s focus on “jobs, jobs and jobs” is understandable, commendable and vital. COVID-19 poses the largest threat to paid employment since the Great Depression almost 90 years ago. The number of ... <a title="New Zealand’s pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/new-zealands-pandemic-budget-is-all-about-saving-and-creating-jobs-now-the-hard-work-begins-138523/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Economies as Pie Charts Most of us are familiar with the expressions ‘economic pie’ or ‘economic cake’. The ‘pie’ metaphor is probably best, because pies represent a holdall food item, less homogeneous in their finished forms than are cakes. Further, most of us are familiar with pie charts. Yesterday I published ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Pie Economics: a Way to Understand Economic Balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/keith-rankin-analysis-pie-economics-a-way-to-understand-economic-balance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Pie Economics: a Way to Understand Economic Balance">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji has put its hand up to join New Zealand and Australia’s travel bubble amid the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was keen to reopen NZ’s borders with its Pacific island neighbours. Fiji’s Attorney-General, Aiyaz Saiyed-Khaiyum, said he had discussed his government’s plans with ... <a title="Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/pacific-hub-fiji-keen-to-join-nz-australia-travel-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Vissia Ita Yulianto of Universitas Gadjah Mada and Jian-bang Deng of Tamkang University Before the covid-19 pandemic started in late 2019, the free movement of billions of people – including tourists, business people, digital nomads, refugees and students – across nations was a common part of life. In 2018, the number of international ... <a title="Could covid-19 spell the end of world mobility as we know it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/could-covid-19-spell-the-end-of-world-mobility-as-we-know-it/" aria-label="Read more about Could covid-19 spell the end of world mobility as we know it?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Income in an Economy The chart above shows how income is distributed in an economy. It shows three major sectors: Government, Business and Households. Households are the principal sector; governments and businesses serve households, and are accountable to households. The chart is a pie chart, representing the economic pie. (For now, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-the-pie-chart/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. “We are borrowing tens of billions of dollars from our children and grandchildren to get us through the Covid crisis…”. (James Shaw in interview on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon, 23 April 2020) Debtors and Creditors Literally, for me to be in debt to somebody means that the ‘somebody’ (the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Can our Grandchildren be our Creditors?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/keith-rankin-analysis-can-our-grandchildren-be-our-creditors/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Can our Grandchildren be our Creditors?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By John PerryFrom Masaya, Nicaragua “He’s not a doctor, I don’t think.” Trump had just finished a phone call with Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), the de facto president of Honduras who runs a narco-state[1]. On April 30, JOH was indirectly implicated in drug and murder charges by the ... <a title="COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/covid-19-as-pretext-for-repression-in-the-northern-triangle/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Fact Checking On Mondays – or Tuesdays after public holidays – National Radio’s Kathryn Ryan runs a session called ‘Political Commentators’. On 28 April, from the right was regular commentator Matthew Hooton. From the left was Neal Jones who is listed as: “Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-income-flat-tax-the-mechanism-that-makes-the-necessary-possible/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
By António Sampaio in Dili Xanana Gusmão, president of the second largest Timorese party, has criticised the decision to extend Timor-Leste’s state of emergency, considering that it is not justified at the present time and can bring increased risks to the economy of families and the country. Thus, and according to a circular to which ... <a title="Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/xanana-gusmao-opposes-extending-state-of-emergency-in-timor-leste/" aria-label="Read more about Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By RNZ News Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are returning to work today under eased level 3 restrictions – and some are queuing in long lines for takeaways on the way. New Zealand has moved to alert level 3 after five weeks of level 4 coronavirus lockdown, reducing restrictions on businesses and schooling. An ... <a title="Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/long-queues-for-takeaways-as-many-nzers-return-to-work-after-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The System – The Whole Good systemic behaviour is acting for the good of all, not by making altruistic sacrifices but by following the golden rule (“behave towards others as you would have them behave towards you”). Or put another way, by acting to strengthen the whole, in the process we ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Systemic Behaviour, and the Challenges of the 2020s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/keith-rankin-analysis-systemic-behaviour-and-the-challenges-of-the-2020s/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Systemic Behaviour, and the Challenges of the 2020s">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The thin veneer of a seemingly robust New Zealand media was ripped off like a plaster on a scab in front of Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee today exposing its frailties. The heads of all New Zealand’s media companies appeared via Zoom and all spoke of the ... <a title="NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/nz-media-chiefs-warn-desperate-times-ahead-faced-with-advertising-nadir/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir">Read more</a>
