So @NZGreens support Gulf wars 1 & 2?! The punitive mission to Afghanistan?
08 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, politics - USA Tags: Afghanistan, Gulf war, New Zealand Greens, Syria civil war, war against terror
The first Gulf War had UN security council approval. The 2nd Gulf War was approved in a way that provided employment to legal pedants and more importantly, just enough political cover for the Chinese and Russians back home and with their low-rent allies to avoid their veto.
The New Zealand Greens cannot go on about multinational responses than oppose wars with UN security council approval.
Naturally, the Greens opposed NZ participation in the Afghanistan war despite its clear-cut UN authorisation. NATO and other mutual defence treaties were specifically triggered after 9/11.
The USA and others were and still are at war with Al-Qaeda; they can use force against that enemy and those who harbour them. The Taliban was warned. A Wiki has this nice quote by Stone (1921):
When the territorial sovereign is too weak or is unwilling to enforce respect for international law, a state which is wronged may find it necessary to invade the territory and to chastise the individuals who violate its rights and threaten its security.
The 9/11 terrorists were air pirates. NATO and allied military entered Afghanistan to subdue the home base of these brigands and those that harboured them:
- Naval and military deployments against pirate’s lairs date back thousands of years.
- The first war of the USA was with the Barbary Pirates in 1801 to 1805, with another war in 1815. These pirates waged war against the shipping of other nations, seized cargoes and ships, and sold captives into slavery.
- Punitive expeditions against bandits were commonplace too, such as chasing Pancho Villa and his gang of bandits back into Mexico in 1916.
- The U.S. military recently attacked a Somalian maritime pirate camp to rescue hostages. EU naval forces have also attacked these pirate lairs to destroy boats and supplies.
When @JeremyCorbyn talks more sense on #Syrianbombing than @NZGreens
07 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: anti-war movement, British politics, foreign policy, Leftover Left, Middle-East politics, New Zealand Greens, pacifism, serious civil war, Twitter left
Top income shares falling since 1950s @FairnessNZ @CloserTogether
07 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: superstar wages, superstars, top 1%
It has become an urban legend in New Zealand that inequality is getting worse and worse.
Brian Easton adjusted the top income share database for New Zealand for the introduction of dividend imputation. This encouraged companies to distribute more dividends.
Once this measurement error was corrected by Easton, there has been no increase in top income shares in New Zealand since the 1950s. It has been a slow taper at best or a flat line.
There is a wages boom from the early 1990s after 20 years of wage stagnation, a period which some people regard as the good old days.
The return of real wages growth, and strong employment growth to boot, came straight after the Ruth Richardson horror budget and the passage of the Employment Contracts Act.
Every ethnic group experienced strong income growth as well as the graphic below shows. The rich got richer and the poor got richer too.
More on those student loan cry babies
07 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - New Zealand Tags: College premium, graduate premium, student loans
Police shootings of blacks by threat level 2017
06 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, police shootings
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The psychology behind globalism, nationalism & political tribalism – Jonathan Haidt
05 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
Real housing prices since 1975
04 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land affordability, land supply, zoning
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President Trump’s trade policy is simple. The consequences are not.
03 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, international economics, politics - USA Tags: NAFTA
The golden age of manufacturing employment coincided with the Lost Decades in NZ GDP growth
03 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - New Zealand Tags: lost decades, manufacturing employment
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Stuart Nash MP signs @nzlabour up to anti-science left on #GMO
02 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: antiscience left, cranks, GMO, New Zealand Labour Party, quakes
Judge Richard A. Posner in Conversation with Professor Luigi Zingales
02 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - USA, Richard Posner
Do graduates graduate into mountains of debt in New Zealand?
01 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - New Zealand Tags: College premium, crybaby left, graduate premium
Source: Statistics New Zealand IDI and Ministry of Education Student Loans Integrated, Table 9, chapter 3.1, page 27 of the Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2016.
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