So the government has announced changes that have been pushed through parliament in order to ensure that “ministers will be able to block the sale overseas of any land or assets if it runs counter to the need to maintain New Zealand control of strategically important infrastructure on sensitive land“. Now I’m not an expert […]
There was an article in the Dominion post by Linley Boniface. In the article she talk about how cheese used to be a staple, and now it is a luxury. Now I find I don’t need to argue with her, as she practically makes her own case against herself in the second paragraph, namely: Bikes […]
At Stumbling and Mumbling the author is discussing why goalkeepers don’t maximise their chance of making a save from a penalty kick. According to this paper they only stood still during a penalty kick 6.3% of the time, even though 28.7% of kicks were down the middle. Mr Mumbling puts forward three reasons why the […]
Kiwiblogblog raised the issue of labour shortages in New Zealand. As well as mentioning the labour shortages in New Zealand, they also stated that similar labour shortages exist overseas. Some of these shortages (eg doctors) have existed for a long time, all around the world. However, if this is the case why isn’t the wage […]
Sorry about the constant methodology talk lately, rauparaha and me have just have methodology on the mind 😉 I wish to focus on a subject that is a little different than the rationality definition that my esteemed colleague has been looking at. I plan to look at the equity-efficiency trade-off. The trade-off between equity and […]
Kiwiblog discusses the musings of an economist at a Business Roundtable retreat in this post. Now of course the economist had a number of good points (it is an economist after all), but there are a few points I would like to discuss in a little bit of detail (although not much 😉 ). The […]