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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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"In dollar terms, the deficit between import spending and export receipts was some $29.7 billion, up by $13.3 billion from the year-ago figure.
In dollar terms the deficit is way higher than seen previously. For example that previous high of deficit to GDP from 2008 related to a dollar deficit of just $14.7 billion."
https://www.interest.co.nz/business/118852/statistics-new-zealand-reports-countrys-deficit-between-what-we-received-exports
The polling numbers currently are likely flattering.
Does the other side of the house actually improve our trade balance? Or your just saying that people who vote on that issue have switched their votes?
Neither
A third journalist is reported to have died while covering the World Cup.
https://twitter.com/aleximenez/status/1602525301539569664
https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/11/doctors-on-high-alert-for-england-fans-returning-from-world-cup-with-camel-flu-symptoms-17917708/
And there was me thinking astrology was a bit of harmless fun.
https://twitter.com/sanjanacurtis/status/1602515675079221248
As Christmas rapidly approaches it must be time for ukuleles.
Excellent, Lou would love this
Or be doing 45RPM in his grave!
My favourite: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There doesn't seem to be much interest in today's Fiji election – which, at least to me, seems like the big political story of the day in the Pacific. Provisional results are finally coming out now:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/480758/fiji-election-2022-all-the-results-as-they-come-in-and-all-the-action-from-the-island
Though given that the results in 2018 were: Bainimarama's FijiFirst – 227,241, to Rabuka's (then Social Democratic Liberal Party) 181,072, the published results are nowhere near 20% yet.
Despite both potential leaders' background in military coups, that may be less likely this time (if their public statements can be relied upon):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/14/voting-underway-in-high-stakes-election-in-fiji
Update: