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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 24, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first of the above charts shows excess seasonal deaths in the United Kingdom as winter approaches. While the huge mortality peaks of the pandemic in Britain are long past, we do see significant excess mortality in the United Kingdom since April. And October 2022 excess mortality rates are higher than ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths: Some Countries to Note" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-excess-deaths-some-countries-to-note/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths: Some Countries to Note">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week the world population reached eight billion people, at least according to some sources. See these world population clocks, which do not agree: refer Worldometer and the US Census Bureau. The growth rate of the world population is slowing. Indeed, there is a possibility that it will never reach nine ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Population Imbalances in a World of Eight Billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/22/keith-rankin-essay-population-imbalances-in-a-world-of-eight-billion/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Population Imbalances in a World of Eight Billion">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. If … gets up your nose, picket.* This month, Radio New Zealand listeners were treated to not one but two science stories about nose-picking! They make good fodder for a discussion about the practice of science. Self-Vaccination? The first item – Science: Fun-seeking bees, nose-picking primates, death-telling smartphones – was on ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Science, and the Benefits and Costs of Nose-Picking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/keith-rankin-essay-science-and-the-benefits-and-costs-of-nose-picking/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Science, and the Benefits and Costs of Nose-Picking">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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November 2, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This is a story that is not confined to New Zealand women in their early 60s, but which focusses on them as a surprisingly large group facing challenging circumstances. My focus narrows even further; my emphasis here is on ‘married’ women, and with partners presently (or soon to be) eligible of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The Coming Plight of Aotearoan Women in their Early Sixties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/keith-rankin-essay-the-coming-plight-of-aotearoan-women-in-their-early-sixties/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The Coming Plight of Aotearoan Women in their Early Sixties">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Chile is an important comparator country to New Zealand; in terms of physical geography, political economy, and demography (including conflict between indigenous peoples and ‘colonisers’). In terms of physical geography, it is mostly temperate; and, most importantly, it is in the southern hemisphere. The above chart shows excess deaths in Chile ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in Chile (across the ‘big ditch’) and New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-in-chile-across-the-big-ditch-and-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in Chile (across the ‘big ditch’) and New Zealand">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. A few weeks ago this article from Stuff (24 Sep) was drawn to my attention: The shocking stats that prove Covid19 does not kill equally. While I have some problems with the article’s interpretation of the data, by and large the article itself was reasonable. Less so the headline, which is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Does Covid19 discriminate against Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/19/keith-rankin-analysis-does-covid19-discriminate-against-maori-and-pasifika-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Does Covid19 discriminate against Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Here we see charts of the same ten western tourist countries of Europe (refer to my Travel Warning: Excess Summer Deaths in Europe, 5 Oct 2022). It is important to note from the outset that ‘reported death’ figures have become increasingly unreliable. And reported cases are now unreliable indicators of the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Tourist Europe again: Covid19 Waves compared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-tourist-europe-again-covid19-waves-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Tourist Europe again: Covid19 Waves compared">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In many ways the world has moved on from the Covid19 pandemic. And excess mortality from Covid19 mingles with excess mortality from other causes, from heatwaves to other diseases. The summer is useful because it is generally the low season for infectious respiratory illnesses. Covid19 is a disease that is spread ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Travel Warning: Excess Summer Deaths in Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/05/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-travel-warning-excess-summer-deaths-in-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Travel Warning: Excess Summer Deaths in Europe">Read more</a>
