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May 28, 2021
Covid-19: Covid19 India update – Analysis by Keith Rankin. India’s reported cases of Covid19, though still high, are well down on early May (see my India charts from three weeks ago). Maharashtra (Mumbai) and Delhi have markedly fewer cases than at their peaks. West Bengal (with Kolkata) is showing more cases, though not dramatically so ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 India update (compare with three weeks ago)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/28/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india-update-compare-with-three-weeks-ago/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 India update (compare with three weeks ago)">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
Sitting Ducks – Analysis by Keith Rankin. Covid19 is far from finished in the world’s more economically developed countries. And we – who live in these countries – continue to display a restrained racism towards large culturally different nations such as India and China. For example, we kept assuming that the main Covid19 risk country ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Covid19 is far from gone, though probably not as bad in India as many believe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/keith-rankin-covid19-is-far-from-gone-though-probably-not-as-bad-in-india-as-many-believe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Covid19 is far from gone, though probably not as bad in India as many believe">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. When policymakers try to fix things, they often mess up because of the way the problem is formulated and the ways that subsequent policies are targeted. A classic example was the Closing the Gaps initiative in the early 2000s. The problem – albeit simplified – is that some people are ‘advantaged’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/keith-rankin-analysis-the-seventy-thirty-problem-and-the-maori-health-authority/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. It’s been a big month, so far, for the Maldive Islands. Further, some of New Zealand’s leading cricketers (including captain Kane Williamson) are manuhiri in the Maldives. Indian Ocean neighbour – the Seychelles – has even more reported new cases per capita than the Maldives. I guess that neither country did ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Covid19 League Charts for the 2nd Week of May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-covid19-league-charts-for-the-2nd-week-of-may/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Covid19 League Charts for the 2nd Week of May">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week, out of left field, the government placed a three-year embargo on normal public sector wage bargaining, essentially a salary freeze. While there has been a certain amount of backtracking since, it is clear that the government has been very committed to ‘fiscal consolidation’ (aka ‘austerity’). What were they thinking? ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-zealand-governments-public-finance-rabbithole/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. India’s Covid19 outbreak is still predominantly in the more prosperous cities, mainly in the west and far north of that country. And it is in the domestic coastal and mountain tourist destinations. The data continue to show the provinces which represent the stereotypic poverty and crowdedness – the Ganges provinces of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India in context" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india-in-context/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India in context">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. We humans seem to have a need to coalesce into tribes, and we do this by identifying – and sometimes demonising, or holding in condescension – others who are not us. We also like to anthropomorphise, treating both animals and nations as if they were humans. Thus, ‘Peter Rabbit does this’; ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Calling Out China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/keith-rankin-essay-calling-out-china/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Calling Out China">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The present wave of the Covid19 pandemic is far from evenly spread through India; indeed our news coverage is biased by most of the reporting coming from New Delhi, and from journalist assumptions labelling big outdoor events as ‘super-spreader’ events. The chart shows, that, two days ago, Delhi and Goa had ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: India">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. While, for Covid19, India is the big news story this week, there has been a general upsurge in the wider region, with substantial upsurges in Nepal, Bangladesh (which seems to have peaked), and Thailand. Malaysia had many cases around January, and is now facing another resurgence. Re India, we should note that ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: South and East Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-south-and-east-asia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: South and East Asia">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Stories last week from Radio New Zealand: Expert analysis: low interest rates vs soaring house prices, Nine to Noon, 15 April 2021. And refer to: Arthur Grimes: How to fix a broken Auckland? Add 150,000 homes to crash prices by 40%; The Spinoff, 4 July 2016 Bernard Hickey: PM says Arthur ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Housing, and King Canute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/keith-rankin-analysis-money-housing-and-king-canute/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Housing, and King Canute">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin – Covid-19: British Isles and Neo-European Countries Canada has overtaken the United States in the last week, with over 200 daily cases per million people, with the worst growth zones being Ontario, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. However, the United States has some states that are worse, especially Michigan with around 900 ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Canada Overtakes USA in Covid-19 Cases Per Million" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-canada-overtakes-usa-in-covid-19-cases-per-million/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Canada Overtakes USA in Covid-19 Cases Per Million">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. New Zealand has, for the rest of this month, banned all people who have been in India this month from entry into New Zealand. The decision is based not on the incidence of Covid19 in India; rather it is based on the numbers of New Zealanders arriving from India. This would ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with recent coronavirus upsurges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-countries-with-recent-coronavirus-upsurges/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with recent coronavirus upsurges">Read more</a>
