tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7361205643424299193..comments2024-03-29T11:07:51.893+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: The Ships From The North: Why Autarky cannot be New Zealand’s answer to Climate Change.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86996489856429723592022-01-19T22:25:04.046+13:002022-01-19T22:25:04.046+13:00And could it be said to be macro-economics? What...And could it be said to be macro-economics? What about the little people who make the little things which bring in money to feed and house themselves and their family? The ant and the boot meet and the ant loses. The Grand Theory which is basically correct and likely to bring a higher level of efficiency meets the needs of human society and gazes down with incredulity - there is a better way, it says. But unfortunately for you, you are yesterday's fish and chip wrapper.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3465343094004566372022-01-18T14:21:06.664+13:002022-01-18T14:21:06.664+13:00Funny, my economics textbook said that the law of ...Funny, my economics textbook said that the law of comparative advantage only works when "Properly stated". That's a rough paraphrase anyway. It then went on to state a whole lot of exceptions.About a page's worth if I remember correctly. Perhaps a little more. It seems that some economists are coming to the realisation that it doesn't necessarily work. Particularly with regard to underdeveloped countries, And those that specialise in commodities – such as Canada..Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-440420991741368322022-01-18T13:41:57.289+13:002022-01-18T13:41:57.289+13:00seismic lifting of hundreds of millions of people ...<i>seismic lifting of hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty over the past 200 years.</i><br />It's been like lifting plants out of the soild where they were established and patting them into place somewhere convenient for yourself. In my experience they will suffer even if they do go on living. People are both sensitive and resilient, but they find things to treasure that sustain them in difficult circumstances. Giving them some money and enabling them to buy modern goods does not necessarily enrich their lives. Your thinking is facile and tailored to suit your requirements.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-13415711899327928492022-01-17T16:29:17.510+13:002022-01-17T16:29:17.510+13:00Greywarbler, great ideas never die.
Comparative ...Greywarbler, great ideas never die. <br /><br />Comparative advantage, a simple insight and immense truth, has been one of the several reasons behind the seismic lifting of hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty over the past 200 years.<br /><br />Before the thundering hordes descend on me for this pro-capitalist and free market statement, let us also acknowledge the truth that increased government shares of increased GDP have seen social transfers also contribute mightily to beating poverty.<br /><br />Social transfers and free markets can and do complement each other.<br /><br />Time now to return to my morning tea with Engels. Ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840390411136437843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-17517826821966067562022-01-16T23:13:34.049+13:002022-01-16T23:13:34.049+13:00Ricardo
You should stay lying down in your place o...Ricardo<br />You should stay lying down in your place of rest - you are just a ghost now and all your prognostications on economy have not been fortuitous to us. Rest your soul if you have one and let us face our future without your stumbling footsteps guiding us. Every housewife knows to hunt around for cheaper goods means less outgoings and this idea wrapped in fancy prose was more an observation than suitable for an influential homily.<br /><br /><i>Among the notable ideas that Ricardo introduced in Principles of Political Economy and Taxation was the theory of comparative advantage, which argued that countries can benefit from international trade by specializing in the production of goods for which they have a relatively lower opportunity cost in production even ...<br />David Ricardo Definition - Investopedia<br />https://www.investopedia.com › Economy › Economics<br /><br />In arguing for free trade, Ricardo formulated the idea of comparative costs, today called comparative advantage—a very subtle idea that is the main basis for most economists' belief in free trade today. <br />David Ricardo - Econlib<br />https://www.econlib.org › Biographies</i>greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-38605177217765576152022-01-16T18:47:33.941+13:002022-01-16T18:47:33.941+13:00NZ does have a pharmaceutical industry - both anim...NZ does have a pharmaceutical industry - both animal and human products. https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-information.pharmaceutical_and_medicine_manufacturing.nz.htmlRosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848572423110240185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-46788942574746706932022-01-15T13:04:42.908+13:002022-01-15T13:04:42.908+13:00Chris, it seems that every time I check out this b...Chris, it seems that every time I check out this blog you have posted some new apocalyptic prediction. US Civil war, NZ civil war, NZ autarky, Chinese power gaming...<br /><br />Chris it is summer, get out of your cellar, have a cold beer, light up the barbie, go for a good swim..Ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840390411136437843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26039681990660780932022-01-15T10:54:02.237+13:002022-01-15T10:54:02.237+13:00That boat analogy is the thing.
When you abandon ...That boat analogy is the thing.<br /><br /><i>When you abandon nation anybody is us so the people already on the boat don't matter; it isn't sinking for the foreseeable future and there's always a bolt hole for the rich man.</i><br /><br />Jacinda and Labour are trying to satisfy the cruise ship mentality and keep the boat nice and steady. They could be forgiven if they at least set up some pilot schemes where the government got behind citizen initiatives that were well planned and viable but everything gets left to the business people and the accounting management firms. And Robertson - someone called him a snuffling mole - apt!greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-56245551839432931352022-01-14T23:16:09.187+13:002022-01-14T23:16:09.187+13:00C'est impossible. Yet ... we must fight the kn...C'est impossible. Yet ... we must fight the know-nothing crowds trying to plunder the last dribs of the industrial revolution, which was always plunder to begin with. Using this platform of Covid, a strong war govt (socialist) response to climate change here is the only honourable course, the only slight way for our children and grandchildren. Ironically, it needs talkers over Helen Clark's focus groupers. It needs the last social democratic Labour generation from the 70s. And that is only 'Akela, we will do our best'.<br /><br />Alternatives, please?sumsuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133092096534660472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-66370298152420539372022-01-14T15:50:38.899+13:002022-01-14T15:50:38.899+13:00Don't worry Chris, in 2020 the Sun entered a G...Don't worry Chris, in 2020 the Sun entered a Grand Solar Minimum which means Total Solar Irradiance is diminishing and global temperatures will begin to drop. The effects are likely to be felt from 2030 onwards. The implications for agriculture and food production are potentially very serious. The warming we have experienced over the last 150 years since the end of the Little Ice Age (1350 to 1850 approx.) has been temporary. Thus the endless Climate Change cycle continues.Trev1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00271717267778957672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-54433973228516783262022-01-14T15:16:57.213+13:002022-01-14T15:16:57.213+13:00In 1991, Douglas Coupland's "Generation-X...In 1991, Douglas Coupland's "Generation-X" came out.<br /><br />There is a chapter entitled "New Zealand Gets Nuked Too".<br /><br />Many foreign millionaires, and the odd billionaire, have homes in New Zealand.<br /><br />I suspect that they, like myself, would rather ride out the storm in New Zealand than anywhere in the northern hemisphere.Shane McDowallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354384369518580573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-78999030155672677172022-01-14T08:52:02.269+13:002022-01-14T08:52:02.269+13:00So why has the MSM been gass lighting us with the ...So why has the MSM been gass lighting us with the benefits of immigration and population growth?<br /><br />Arthur Grimes [Q&A]: "If you're anti-immigration you're xenophobic"; "UK has 60m Japan 120 and they're doing o.k?"<br /><br />When you abandon <i>nation</i> anybody is <i>us</i> so the people already on the boat don't matter; it isn't sinking for the foreseeable future and there's always a bolt hole for the rich man.<br />Covid has shown how New Zealand citizens vie to come back: Kiwis from India, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, UK, Australia, China.<br />We have taken citizenship far too lightly (ie elites have).<br />A lot of people don't follow politics, their vision is a few 100 meters in any direction. The media keep their eyes off the territory and Jacinda is a pacifier. <br />It is all one drunken party.<br /><br />Think of the implications of this statement:<br /><br /><i>In these circumstances, key questions concern the way in which these changes and their impact have been understood by New Zealanders, both “new” and “old”. As with anything as significant as the demographic and cultural changes that have occurred, there are bound to be concerns. If democratic debate and constructive understanding is to 2emerge, then the quality of information provided in the public domain is an essential precondition. As with debates about biculturalism, the media play a critical role in determining the nature of public discussion and private/public understanding. Along with certain institutions, especially the education system, the media provide one of the most important, and possibly the most important, point of contact. The media, in all its diverse forms – print, radio, television, electronic – is a key institution in the creation and distribution of images and messages about our community(ies). Those significant others in our community, in the absence of in-depth personal contact or experience, will be described and explained to us via the media. It helps confirm who we are as individuals and members of various communities. As the demographic make-up of New Zealand has changed since the late 1980s, the media have played a critical role in exploring what this means for all of us.</i><br />Reporting Superdiversity - Paul Spoonley<br /><br />Negativity is racist; the media take on an elite role like stockmen at the stock sale they work for a higher order; they are supra-national because <i>nation</i> isn't a thing anymore. Corporates join in because a public is an encumberant.<br />John Hurleynoreply@blogger.com