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June 2, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party Tim Watkin (Pundit): Todd Muller: National’s new Dad who forgot to build the cot Andrea Vance (Stuff): Could middle-of-the road Muller come out a winner? Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Todd Muller’s first ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 2 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-2-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 2 2020">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The large western economies account for by far the most covid19 deaths in the world. Even Germany, with a covid19 death incidence of 100 per million is well above the world average to date of 50 deaths per million people. Of these large countries, only the United States looks likely to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases to the end of May 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/31/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-and-cases-to-the-end-of-may-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases to the end of May 2020">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Sweden has lost 400 of its ten million people to Covid 19 in the week to 28 May. And there is little sign, yet, of a significant slowdown in deaths. Sweden’s weekly death rate has been this high for the last eight weeks; ie since the beginning of April. It would ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases in the last week of May 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-and-cases-in-the-last-week-of-may-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases in the last week of May 2020">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Fresh water reforms, environment, conservation Richard Harman (Politik): Swimming together; the coalition agrees on freshwater reforms Collette Devlin (Stuff): NZ First claims win as Government softens freshwater reforms Russel Death (Spinoff): Even China’s waterways ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 29 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-29-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 29 2020">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On Project Syndicate – and in other places in recent months – orthodox US economist Kenneth Rogoff has presented the case for deeply negative interest rates. Another financial sacred cow falls; yes, interest rates can be negative, even substantially negative. It can take a while, though, for shot sacred cows to ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Deeply Negative Interest Rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/keith-rankin-on-deeply-negative-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Deeply Negative Interest Rates">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National sets up ‘intelligence unit’ to dig up info on political opponents during 2020 election campaign Claire Trevett (Herald): Todd Muller’s sink or swim introduction to Leader of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 28 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-28-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 28 2020">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2020
Is Todd Muller the Ned Flanders of the National Party? This is how he’s been characterised by political commentator Gordon Campbell, who suggests the change in leadership is, in Simpsons terms, akin to swapping the scary and cruel Monty Burns for Homer Simpson’s compassionate but conservative neighbour. There’s almost a consensus amongst political commentators that ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-todd-muller-taking-national/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Welfare Sue Bradford (Pundit): Labour betrays Its traditions – and the most vulnerable – with two-tier welfare payments Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Former Green Party leader Metiria Turei puts Government on blast over new ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2020">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. From an interview with Geoff Bertram, on The Panel, RNZ 22 May 2020 Wallace Chapman: “Are we setting up our future generations, our future children, to be born into a life of national debt?” [He mentions the on-line Fabian Society discussion, held on 23 May, and introduces Geoff Bertram.] Wallace Chapman: ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/keith-rankin-analysis-government-and-money-during-a-major-economic-downturn/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Redundancy scheme Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Opinion: Unemployment payment scheme shows Govt knows benefits insufficient Rachel Sadler (Newshu): Auckland Action Against Poverty says Government’s Income Relief Payments create ‘two tiers of unemployed’ people Marc ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 26 2020">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Surpluses and Deficits of Different Economic Sectors This new series of weekly charts looks at forty years of surpluses and deficits in different countries, showing what makes these countries tick, and why they were where they were – financially speaking – at the end of the 2010s. (We may note, for ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Financial Signatures: Japan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-financial-signatures-japan/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Financial Signatures: Japan">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party leadership change – commentary, analysis Richard Harman (Politik): Adams’ return signals what really lay behind Muller’s campaign John Armstrong (1News): Todd Muller is capable and qualified despite uninspiring opening as National ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 25 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-25-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 25 2020">Read more</a>
