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Rankin File commentaries

 Inference and Justice: The Bain Case  13 Dec 2012
 Retaining the Age of Qualification for New Zealand Superannuation  20 Jun 2012
 Notes on the Euro Crisis and the Global Fiscal Crisis  29 May 2012
 Unintended consequences of changing the MMP electorate-seat rule   24 May 2012
 Austerity needs stimulus to work  NZ Herald 11 May 2012
 New Zealand's overvalued dollar  3 May 2012
 Circular Flow Analogy (simple diagram)   4 April 2012
 Greece, Germany and the Euro  3 April 2012
 New Zealand Superannuation is not akin to a Ponzi Scheme  30 March 2012
 Kiwi common sense on public holidays  NZ Herald 26 Mar 2012
 A tax by another name  NZ Herald 15 Mar 2012
 For solutions, choose the right words  NZ Herald 5 Mar 2012
 What to do about inequality  NZ Herald 17 Feb 2012
 Creating a Welfare Society based on Public Equity Principles  23 Dec 2011
 Can we believe the Opinion Polls?  9 June 2011
 2011 New Zealand Budget Reflections  20 May 2011
 Funding Earthquakes and other Projects  2 Mar 2011
 Taxes and Benefits for Families: Current State plus Reform  31 Mar 2010
 Tax Reform in Pictures  16 Mar 2010
 Taxes and Benefits for Individuals: Current State and Reform Options  6 Mar 2010
 Tax Principles - A Need for Public Debate  15 Feb 2010
 Personal Income Tax Reform in New Zealand (updated version)  3 Mar 2010
 Personal Income Tax Reform in New Zealand  5 Feb 2010
 Tax Reform in 2010  20 Jan 2010  (NZ Herald version 22 Jan 2010
 Submission on Review of 2003 Holidays Act  21 Aug 2009
 Changing the Dole versus Changing the Tax System  1 Jul 2009
    (written for Herald in response to this news story and this editorial, but not published)
 Pension Age and Life Expectancy  5 Jun 2009
 National's New Tax Rates  12 Dec 2008
 Replacing the Binge and Bubble Economy  26 Nov 2008  (IFR version 11 Dec 2008)
 Helping the Newly Unemployed in the Recession  2 Nov 2008
 Wall St trembles but it's not the Big One  Independent Financial Review, 25 Sep 2008
 Monitoring and Facilitating Sustainable Development  28 Aug 2008
 A time to borrow, a time to spend  NZ Herald, 7 Aug 2008
 Kiwi Saver: is it good public policy?  16 Apr 2008
 What do we mean by "Good for the Economy"?  31 Mar 2008
 An imminent recession? Be prepared.  26 Mar 2008
 Understanding the New Zealand Housing Market  18 Feb 2008  (Herald version written earlier)
 Balance of Payments. What's really wrong? 19 Oct 2007  (IFR version 31 Oct 2007)
 Climate Change  13 May 2007
 Let there be morning light  NZ Herald 2 May 2007
 Fixing the mess  1 May 2007
 Forget the boom and get ready for some gloom  20 Apr 2007
 The current state of the New Zealand economy  13 Apr 2007
 Welfare support of children  15 Mar 2007
 Monetary policy in New Zealand  22 Feb 2007
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 Greece, Germany and the Euro  5 April 2012
 Our Oceans Past: an Austronesian Enigma  29 March 2012
 On the Role of 'Intellectuals' as an Academic Sub-Species  24 February 2012
 Public Ownership of Energy Companies and Water  13 February 2012
 Understanding the Great Depression of the 1930s  21 December 2011
 Global Debt Crisis  20 December 2011
 Elections: A Numbers Game  23 November 2011
 Deal-Making is not MMP's Achilles Heel  15 November 2011
 MMP Referendum: Using The Second Vote  4 November 2011
 Unemployment as a Game of Musical Chairs  3 November 2011
 Employing Young People  19 August 2011
 Global Balance Sheet Recession  28 July 2011
 Exploring The 2011 Referendum on New Zealand's Voting System  15 July 2011
 2011 Election Scenario  31 May 2011
 Debt Crises in Context  18 May 2011
 Funding Earthquakes and other Projects  11 May 2011
 Jobless Recovery  4 Feb 2011
 Where does the money come from?  2 Feb 2011
 Celebrating Our Public Holidays  1 Feb 2011
 Taxes and Benefits for Families  1 Apr 2010
 Tax Reform in Pictures  17 Mar 2010
 Taxes and Benefits for Individuals  8 Mar 2010
 Tax Principles - A Need for Public Dialogue  19 Feb 2010
 Response to the Prime Minister's Tax Announcement  10 Feb 2010
 Personal Income Tax Reform in New Zealand  8 Feb 2010
 2025 and All That: the 2009 Brash Report  1 Dec 2009
 Tax Reform - What Not To Do  27 Nov 2009
 Synopsis of Argument presented in Use It or Lose It  23 Sep 2009
 Revising our Statutory Public Holidays  2 Jul 2009
 Tax Cuts 2009-2011  1 Apr 2009
 Controversy over National's Tax Cuts: a clarification  12 Dec 2008
 Controversy over National's Tax Cuts  11 Dec 2008 (larger version of Table 1)
 MMP - The Electorate MP Rule  11 Nov 2008
 Helping the Newly Unemployed in the Recession  7 Nov 2008
 Reasons to vote Green  20 Oct 2008
 National's 2008 Tax Reform  30 May 2008
 Kiwi Saver: is it good public policy?  16 April 2008
 PC  11 April 2008
 The Free-Trade Agreement and the Economic Good  7 April 2008
 An imminent recession? Be prepared.  20 March 2008
 Understanding the Housing Market  19 February 2008
 The Reserve Bank's Unfortunate Experiment  22 June 2007
 New Zealand's Economic Pressure Cooker  11 June 2007
 Dominion Day centenary, 26 September 2007  5 June 2007
 New Zealand's 2007 Budget and the Overvalued Dollar  18 May 2007
 Fixing the Mess  1 May 2007
 Forget The Boom And Get Ready For Some Gloom  30 Apr 2007
 Gallipoli; More Than a World War 1 Side-Show  25 Apr 2007
 High Interest Rates Encourage Speculative Investment in Housing  24 Apr 2007
 The Current State of the New Zealand Economy  23 Apr 2007
 Motorway Follies  17 Mar 2006
 

Papers, Articles,  etc.

Academic Page  updated 20 Jul 2014
Media Page  updated 19 May 2013
Statistical Charts  updated 27 Feb 2008

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