The New Rankin File

commentaries on the edge, mainly on economic affairs

previous years: 2013 2014 2015 2016

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The Government’s new ‘Employment’ Contract   published in Evening Report (28 Mar 2018) 2020 Election – Change or No Change?   published in Evening Report (31 Jan 2018) Thinking about Capitalism   published in The Daily Blog (20 Dec 2017) The Next Economic Correction   published in Evening Report (20 Dec 2017) Public Equity and Tax Benefit Reform   published in Evening Report (15 Dec 2017) Public Equity and Tax Benefit Reform   published in Scoop (14 Dec 2017) The Public Debt League   published in Evening Report (6 Dec 2017) Leisure by Selected Age Groups   published in Evening Report (29 Nov 2017) A Century of New Zealand Elections   published in Evening Report (24 Oct 2017) New Zealand Democracy; looking backwards and forwards   published in The Daily Blog (21 Oct 2017) Passchendaele – Absent with Leave, a Soldier’s Story   published in The Daily Blog (14 Oct 2017) Migration within New Zealand: Evidence from the Election   published in Evening Report (11 Oct 2017) Election Reflection   published in The Daily Blog (11 Oct 2017) Auckland Population: Evidence from the Election   published in Evening Report (5 Oct 2017) Evolving a Multi-Party Democracy   published in The Daily Blog (4 Oct 2017) Election Day versus Advance Voting   published in Evening Report (3 Oct 2017) Correcting the Polls   published in Evening Report (22 Sep 2017) Future of Labour under Jacinda Ardern   published as 'Why Jacinda needs to lose this election' in The Daily Blog (19 Sep 2017) New Zealand’s Cyclical Growth Contractions   published in Evening Report (12 Sep 2017) New Zealand Net Immigration from 1921   published in Evening Report (30 Aug 2017) Letter to Labour about Income Tax   published in Evening Report (21 Aug 2017) What’s happened to Labour Productivity?   published in Evening Report (26 Jul 2017) British Tories surge; new Labour surges more   published in Evening Report (12 Jun 2017) Budget 2017: New Zealand’s ‘Universal’ Basic Income up to $195 per week   published in Evening Report (29 May 2017) Descended from Royalty?   published in Evening Report (28 Apr 2017) Historical Population of the United Kingdom: 43 to 2013   published in Evening Report (29 Mar 2017)