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December 15, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. United States of America The first United States chart shows both recorded covid deaths and excess deaths. (For all countries more recent ‘recorded covid deaths’ data is available.) Generally we see a broad match between the two series in terms of timing, though for the first two United States covid waves ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United States and South Korea as the pandemic approaches two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-united-states-and-south-korea-as-the-pandemic-approaches-two-years/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United States and South Korea as the pandemic approaches two years">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana; UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how people and goods are moved around the region and across the globe. Pre-COVID-19 ... <a title="OP-ED: A new transport agenda to carry Asia and the Pacific towards sustainable development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/op-ed-a-new-transport-agenda-to-carry-asia-and-the-pacific-towards-sustainable-development/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: A new transport agenda to carry Asia and the Pacific towards sustainable development">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Science, in the not-so-recent-past, has often had a bad press. It’s been personified, particularly by the political left, as Frankenstein, as agents of capitalism, classical liberalism, colonialism, sexism (yang over yin), eugenics, and god-like pretension. More recently though, in the zeitgeists of climate change awareness and covid, it’s had an unusually ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Science, Scientists, and Scientism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/06/keith-rankin-analysis-science-scientists-and-scientism/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Science, Scientists, and Scientism">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The following charts break the pandemic (23 months total; 21 months of mortality outside of China) into three 7-month periods: early, middle (covers the northern winter), and recent (mainly delta). The countries included are those which report ‘total deaths’ on a weekly basis. Most of these have reported total deaths to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Phases of the Pandemic in Different Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/03/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-phases-of-the-pandemic-in-different-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Phases of the Pandemic in Different Countries">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning consider and analyse the most significant global issues that define 2021. The topics include: - Leadership: Trump, Putin, Xi, Biden; - Pandemic: Impact of Covid-19 & variants on global security; - Security: Afghanistan, AUKUS, Autonomous Weapons, Cyber-Hackers/Attackers.
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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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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Hands up if you know anything about Christopher Luxon other than he was once CEO of Air New Zealand, he’s been hailed as the new John Key, and he’s the MP for Botany. Anyone? Luxon takes on the role of ... <a title="Luxon takes the controls – can the former Air NZ CEO make National straighten up and fly right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/luxon-takes-the-controls-can-the-former-air-nz-ceo-make-national-straighten-up-and-fly-right-172767/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon takes the controls – can the former Air NZ CEO make National straighten up and fly right?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Spain copped Covid early; as early as Italy, presumably, like Italy, directly from Wuhan, China. While the main spread of Covid19 in Europe was via the Italian and Austrian alps, the early spread of covid to the United Kingdom may have been largely from Spain. The first chart shows that for ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Spain as a country of interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-spain-as-a-country-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Spain as a country of interest">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2021
Bannonism-Trumpism, a cultural ideological export - Political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into how Aotearoa New Zealand is in the cross-hairs of two distinct political powers - one has been around for awhile and applies influence operations aimed at elites; and the other is new to this part of the world and uses cultural and ideological diffusion that is aimed at civil society. Can countries like New Zealand resist the slide into US-styled political chaos?
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November 25, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Yesterday morning I awoke to this story about a bus crash in Bulgaria: Dozens killed in Bulgaria bus fire, including children. I thought immediately about how unusual it is in New Zealand to hear a story about Bulgaria. In the context that Bulgaria is the country in the world worst hit ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Bulgaria, the Balkans, and distrust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/keith-rankin-analysis-bulgaria-the-balkans-and-distrust/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Bulgaria, the Balkans, and distrust">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first chart starts with three small countries, two of which are affluent British territories. Other British territories also are on the chart: Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom itself. And Ireland. The Cayman Islands, premier super yacht and tax haven, reminds us that Covid19 started in Europe ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Latest Cases and Deaths, plus Slovenia and Bulgaria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-cases-and-deaths-plus-slovenia-and-bulgaria/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Latest Cases and Deaths, plus Slovenia and Bulgaria">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This Government has a problem with urgency. Critics from both left and right have long complained about their lack of urgency on issues such as climate change, housing, and inequality. Likewise, in terms of the Covid response, there’s been a chorus of criticism that Labour has been complacent and sluggish on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Today’s constitutional disgrace in Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-todays-constitutional-disgrace-in-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Today’s constitutional disgrace in Parliament">Read more</a>
