Scoop Column 1999 Archive
column by Keith Rankin, hosted by Scoop on Thursdays
The Old Millennium 30 Dec 1999
The Balance of Payments and Macroeconomic Policy 23 Dec 1999
Labour has the Balance of Power 16 Dec 1999
No Seattle Washington Consensus 9 Dec 1999
Election Reflection 2 Dec 1999
Damned Lies and the Third "R" 25 Nov 1999
Act on Income Tax and Property Rights 18 Nov 1999
A Government of the Centre? 11 Nov 1999
More Tax Cuts for the Rich? 4 Nov 1999
FPP rears its ugly head 28 Oct 1999
Where communism succeeded and capitalism failed 21 Oct 1999
Global Demographics 14 Oct 1999
MMP Commonsense 7 Oct 1999
Another Black October? 30 Sep 1999
Ansett New Zealand pilots confront 1990s' reality 23 Sep 1999
Higher Salaries 16 Sep 1999
Constructing an Extranational Social Wage 9 Sep 1999
When we Ignore a Burning Fuse 2 Sep 1999
Free Trade and Economic Correctness 26 Aug 1999
Whither the Bourgeoisie? 19 Aug 1999
The Crown's Ownership Interest 12 Aug 1999
Democracy, MMP and Press Responsibility 5 Aug 1999
New Zealand's Ageing Non-Workforce 29 Jul 1999
Valuing Scientists 22 Jul 1999
Tax Cuts according to Tau, Dick and Bill 15 Jul 1999
Non-Custodial Parenthood should not be a Life Sentence 8 Jul 1999
The Parental Tax Credit and the Welfare State 1 Jul 1999
Newsroom Commentaries from when Scoop was called Newsroom
The IRD can't do Arithmetic 28 Mar 1999
A Threat to Representative Democracy? 8 Mar 1999
Why is Inland Revenue so Heavy-Handed? 5 Feb 1999
Parties Need Not Contest Every Seat 21 Jan 1999
A New Style of Government in 1999? 7 Dec 1998
Taxing Super Funds 18 Nov 1998
Paying Benefits to the Middle Classes 13 Oct 1998
1998 is like 1983 - Is there a Crisis? 14 Jul 1998
On the Crash of the New Zealand Dollar 12 Jun 1998
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