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Boobs on bikes and violent male crime
Source: Stuff There has been a lot of discussion surround the recent Boobs on Bikes parade in Auckland. Specifically, there is a belief that pornography, which is promoted by this parade, causes vio… more →
The visible hand in economics
Boobs on bikes and violent male crime
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Matt Nolan wrote 16 hours ago: Source: Stuff There has been a lot of discussion surround the recent Boobs on Bikes parade in Auckl … more →
The debt binge - who to "blame"?
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Matt Nolan wrote 1 day ago: Has anyone else noticed the large swath of BNZ articles turning up around the internet, both on the … more →
Wine and competition in New Zealand
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Matt Nolan wrote 1 day ago: In the following story on Stuff, we are told that a New Zealand wine maker has sold a whole bunch of … more →
Has the dip in petrol prices taken care of inflation?
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 days ago: I was a bit confused when I heard a claim from Roger J Kerr that September quarter consumer price gr … more →
Benefit policy: Another value judgment
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 days ago: Following our discussion of one possible value judgment associated with benefit policy I’ve de … more →
Keep the banks in mind
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Matt Nolan wrote 3 days ago: I’m feeling sick today, so I won’t be able to write much. As a result, I’m going … more →
$onny Bill Williams and the salary cap
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goonix wrote 5 days ago: The recent Sonny Bill Williams saga has brought into light the issue of salary caps in competitive s … more →
Is National's energy policy "ideological spite"
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Matt Nolan wrote 6 days ago: Every day I look at the blog and don’t think I will have anything to write about - then I read … more →
First impression of National's national energy strategy
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Matt Nolan wrote 1 week ago: The NZ Herald has just posted up the points raised by National in its energy strategy, and I have to … more →
Benefit policy: Give me a value judgment
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Matt Nolan wrote 1 week ago: I have avoided discussing Nationals benefit policy so far. I just haven’t seen any need given … more →
New Zealand dollar in decline
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Matt Nolan wrote 1 week ago: Source (NBNZ) Damn, I wish I had picked up this graph yesterday - as the 24 July was when the RBNZ … more →
Capacity constraints and borrowing to spend
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Matt Nolan wrote 1 week ago: Over at the Standard, Steve Pierson raises the fair point that borrowing to “spend” at t … more →
June 08 Labour market: Part Two (Revenge of the hours worked)
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: This follows from Part One. Well, the unemployment rate rose to 3.9% - this was above market expecta … more →
Brian Fallow article on inflation
Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: Just had to say that Brian Fallow’s column on inflation in the NZ Herald was really good - I t … more →
Real estate data and interpretation
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: The July Barfoot and Thompson numbers are out according to Stuff. The Rates Blog discusses the numb … more →
Australiasian Reserve Banks: Do they know something we don't?
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: Well to be honest, the Reserve Banks know a lot of things I don’t - but it appears that maybe … more →
Debt for infrastructure - and the issue is?
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: There has been a lot of talk (here, here, here, here, here, and here) about the a potential National … more →
June 08 labour market: The first half
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: So the quarterly employment survey and the labour cost index came out yesterday. Now remember that t … more →
July NBNZ business outlook
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Matt Nolan wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t usually write about his, as I don’t actually have access to the historical numbe … more →
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