Should the Reserve Bank target unemployment as well as inflation? Will the new government abolish the dual mandate?
Back in 1989 – near the end of the fourth Labour government – the inflation-busting Reserve Bank Act was passed. Labour has shifted well away from the Rogernomics of that decade, and in 2021 Grant Robertson added maximum sustainable employment to the bank’s mandate - with the support of coalition partner NZ First.
The next three years – the job ahead for Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori
The Fabians had a session on Nov 14th reflecting on the elections. Our panel of Simon Wilson, Senior Writer at NZ Herald, Bridie Witton, Stuff Press Gallery Reporter and Ollie Neas, freelance writer used the election results as a springboard to target some of the key issues for Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori as they head into opposition.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Pae Ora health reforms with you.
Since I was sacked by the Health Minister I have taken time to reflect on the experience and to make a considered assessment of what I learned in the process. My intention tonight is to share that with you, making the assumption that we share common ground in wanting to have an effective, efficient, excellent and equitable public health service.
If anyone does not want that, I don’t really have anything useful to share with you.
Interview transcript: Ambassador Wang Xiaolong with NZ Fabian Society
Hello, my name is Mike Smith, from the New Zealand Fabian Society. It's my great pleasure today to interview Ambassador Wang Xiaolong from the People's Republic of China to talk with us about China's values. I heard Ambassador Wang speak at a meeting convened by the Institute of International Relations(NZIIA) last year and in the course of that meeting, he addressed the question of China's values and said, "China's choice for values, social system and path to modernity is made by our own people, based on our own history, culture and realities. All these choices have proven to be suitable and effective to solve China's problems and meet the needs of the Chinese people".
{jcomments off}On Sunday November 4th, the journey continues and you are invited onboard.
Previously on our voyage, our our six speakers used the analogy of New Zealand as the Titanic to share how they viewed the state of the New Zealand economy; headed towards disaster, but with the distinct advantage of time and knowledge to prepare for impact or avoid the economic and social icebergs altogether.
They shared their wisdom built up through years of collecting data, distilling information and acquiring knowledge with the audience of 400 at the Q Theatre in Auckland, suggesting changes that could take place to steer the course of the ship through the path of least resistance.
On the 4th of November 2012 we are bringing the seminar to Wellington. Our Auckland speakers (Arena Williams, Rick Boven, Rod Oram, Bernard Hickey, John Walley and Selwyn Pellett) will be joined by Rory McCourt, President-elect of VUWSA. They will evolve the message from one grounded in illustrating the extent of the damage to one grounded in presenting ideas and solutions for better, fairer and more opportune future for this country.
Join us at the Downstage Theatre on Sunday November the 4th at 1.00pm for a 1.30pm start. The wonderful Michele A'Court is going to push the boat out and set us off on our voyage. You are invited to join the speakers afterward for refreshments and discussion.
This was in Auckland's Central Leader yesterday, so it's probably in community newspapers all over the country, probably reaching a large number of people who had no awareness of this issue until now:
Economist Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics, recently visited NZ for a series of seminars. In one of these he detailed his views on monetary macroeconomics. It's a fairly taxing but extremely interesting and well worth the effort to see Keen's dismemberment of neoclassical economics that has been force-fed to us over recent decades.