would just point out that you are being logically inconsistent. If an Asian has the right to vote, then by legal definition any land they own is not foreign owned.........
I am in the Helensville electorate and voted on Saturday. I voted national list and labour candidate, just because i thought it slightly humorous.. I have no idea who my local candidates are and under MMP it really doesn't matter at all. For most ...
Don’t even call this a policy – it is a politicians desperate attempt to get some attention. It fails on any test of economic reality or fairness. Even a year 1 NCEA economics student knows what the effect of a subsidy is on demand and price. Any subsidy ...
Don't even call this a policy - it is a politicians desperate attempt to get some attention. It fails on any test of economic reality or fairness. Even a year 1 NCEA economics student knows what the effect of a subsidy is on demand and price. Any subsidy ...
"1. The darling of the right-wing media pundits who recognise him as one of their own." Not quite. I think more that he is recognised as someone who will get flayed by Key in head to head campaigning. He is a bland NZ version of Mitt Romney - what are ...
ummmmm..... actually no marty Top of page 2 here: http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Browse%20for%20stats/GrossDomesticProduct/HOTPSep09qtr/GrossDomesticProductSep09qtrHOTP.ashx (annual figures on a quarterly basis, not just march quarters) ...
I see you have surrendered sk, well done. Surprised you couldnt make sense of the 0.9% number as you actually provided the formula above and suggested it was the right way to look at GDP........... I guess you're backing off that statement now? Tip- avoid ...
You're completely (wilfully?) missing the point........ what Bill English is doing is exactly what you say is the right thing - averaging the quarterly numbers! here are the quarterly numbers..... -0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 1.3% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% -0.4% -0.6% -...
no sk. yet again you are wrong. Stats dept quotes two figures. Quarterly = this quarters gdp divided by previous quarters gdp -1. Annual = sum of last 4 quarters gdp divided by sum of the previous 4 quarters gdp -1. Go to the stats website or the rbnz ...
sk. sigh. The way GDP annualised rates are presented by the stats dept are as I described, not as you have described. And in any case in your method you wouldn't multiply by 4, you'd raise to the power of 4. The way you described is essentially what bill ...
vto. Stop talking commonsense. You are spot on with every comment.
sk - i've explained very clearly, shall i use words of one syllable for you? Go to table 2.1 Sum cells R36:R47 Divide by 3 Got it? (Sorry, some of those words had 2 syllables). You don't understand how GDP numbers are presented. Arithmetically the ...
coolas - send one of those tests to marty too..........
No marty - you have got it wrong with statistics (yet again). See, it's actually English that got it wrong. To get 0.9%, he compared September Quarter to September Quarter, not September Year to September Year. No, you are completely wrong.. The percentage...
Its quite clear what the discrepancy is. English is quoting the average quarterly growth rate (annualised) for the period in question. See table 1.1 from the Statistics NZ report. So if you sum the monthly returns for the period from Dec 2005 to Sep 2008 ...
sorry - i actually meant irish bill - didnt see your post. coincidence.
Bill - your comment reminds me of the response one gets from a fundamentalist christian when their belief system is questioned. Andrew Walker points out some research, and a very quick overview of the conclusions. Your response is essentially "That ...
So looking at the graph, it would appear the highest ever real minimum wage is under the current Nat government. Credit where credit is due and all that. Oh and Mary G, it may or may not change your correlation conclusion but it is essentially meaningless ...
Deputy mayor Kirikiri is a very high profile person in the district What? How do you get that? Never heard of him......... and i live in Rodney.
a tobin tax won't work unless it is levied multilaterally in all markets where trading can take place. Otherwise transacions will just take place in other jurisdictions. And given the propensity of governments to compete with each other for this business ...
interesting - but its a bit wooly. What are current copyright periods? Kind of hard to agree to "The term of copyright protection should be reduced." without knowing what it is to start with or agreeing what a fair period is. There has to be some balance ...
Pot. Kettle. Black. Perhaps Goff could start with his caucus? Rick Barker Barker Family Trust Upton Family Trust Brendon Burns BP and PL Burns Family Trust PL and BP Burns Family Trust Steve Chadwick Gonzo Family Trust Charles Chauvel Kittery Trust ...
Thats right, the soviet model of healthcare is clearly the most efficient way to deliver a resource for which there is essentially unlimited demand. Zetetic - your post is wrong on so many fundamental economic grounds it's embarrassing. - think back to 5th...
I've never, ever claimed the three strikes law will reduce crime, my main point was that Marty's sloppy stats work is embarrassing. The best I would accept that this law will do is keep a small number of very bad offenders off the street. Thats a good ...
Marty, I'm not claiming the three strikes law will reduce crime. Why whenever someone points out a flaw in your logic you immediately assume that person is arguing the counter factual? My point was simply that you claim the three strikes law will not ...
Not a very relevant graph given the hypothesis you are arguing. Why not plot the unemployment rate versus the types of crime covered by the three strikes policy rather than all crime. I don't know what that relationship looks like, but that is the relevant...
This is a commercial decision - may or may not be a good one, but any settlement takes into account the probability the banks will win on appeal - presumably privy council in this case after a round with the supreme court - so at least 3 to 5 years of ...
I have no problem with protestors making their point, even to the point of minor illegality like this. It's not overstepping the mark to any meaningful degree, hasn't hurt anyone, doesn't really cost anyone else, and I want NZ to be a society where ...
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that ETS won't work, and I think that is the real debate worth having. Look no further than european carbon credit pricing over the last few years for direct evidence of the silliness of an emissions trading scheme ...
I'm relatively apolitical - I can see good things in both sides of economic thought. But this is just a very sad, unfunny joke. I'm not sure what is more embarrassing or tragic: a) we pay people to assist in the education of our children only $14 to $14.62...
I wouldn't describe Lomberg as a climate change skeptic. In fact he believes global warming is a significant issue and is on the record as saying so. What he is skeptical about is the ridiculous governmental response, believing there are far more effective...
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