The New Rankin File: 2013

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Rebuilding Christchurch highlights the need for flexible benefits The Daily Blog  21 Dec 2013

Black Swans and the Global Financial Crisis  12 Dec 2013
  published in Scoop (12 December 2013)

Inequality, Debt and Public Equity  6 Dec 2013
  published in The Daily Blog (6 December 2013)

Don’t Moan about MMP Disqualification Rules  22 Nov 2013
  published in The Daily Blog (22 November 2013)

Public Private Capitalism  8 Nov 2013
  published in The Daily Blog (8 November 2013)

Population and Housing in the Auckland Isthmus  31 Oct 2013
  published in Scoop (31 October 2013)

Acornomics – Fallacies about Economics and Saving  25 Oct 2013
  published in Scoop (30 October 2013)

Preparing for the Retirement Bulge  14 Oct 2013
  NZ Herald version "Gen X faces shorter, sharper retirements" 17 Oct 2013
    (available from Newztext Plus; accessible here to readers with a Unitec login; contact me otherwise)
  extended version on Scoop, 21 Oct 2013

The Growth of Unreal Employment and Contemporary Capitalism  27 Sep 2013
  published in Scoop (27 September 2013)

Labour leadership, winning elections, and the polls  9 Sep 2013
  published in the NZ Herald (11 Sept 2013) as Wooing the elusive median voter

Cultural DNA and Urbanisation  31 Aug 2013

Does New Zealand Depend on Dairy Exports?  14 Aug 2013

Auckland House Prices --- The Ongoing Saga  31 July 2013
  published in Scoop (31 July 2013)

House Prices and Monetary Policy  11 July 2013

The Fate of the Maori Party  30 June 2013
  published in the NZ Herald (3 July 2013) as Maori Party's popularity slump all down to perception

Systemic Financial Crises – Lots of money, but a real Doug  17 June 2013

Mining Expansion: an unsophisticated response to weak demand  31 May 2013

Inland Revenue's new mega-computer system  13 May 2013
  published in the NZ Herald (19 May 2013) as IRD could be simpler and not need new IT system

Meanings of Words  30 April 2013

Abenomics  12 April 2013
  published in the NZ Herald (17 April 2013) as 'Abenomics' offers leg up for the world

Housing Aucklanders  29 March 2013

Shareholder versus Management Rewards  15 March 2013

Public Equity: Everybody Owns Water  1 March 2013
  published in the NZ Herald (5 March 2013) as Everybody owns water