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    Dear NBR - by frog



    There was an interesting letter to the editor on Friday in the National Business Review from someone going by the name of Ms Fitzsimons: Rob Hosking claims the Green Party’s economic thinking is pure 1970’s Marxism (Green-Maori bloc a problem for Nats, Feb 15) thinking.  Well I’d love to know where Marx talked about ecological [...] read more
    March 3, 2008 10:29 am - 6 Comments
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    The food dilemma - by frog



    One of the ironies of the food dilemma we now face is that after several decades where the price of highly processed and often imported food has fallen steadily healthy alternatives have become just that – alternatives for many people rather than integral to our diet.  So when the price of food suddenly starts pushing [...] read more
    February 11, 2008 4:34 pm - 22 Comments
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    A bit more on bikes - by frog



    CAN had an interesting link couple of months ago to this Times story in Britain that notes that wealthy people are two and half times more likely to cycle than poor people.The British Cyclists Touring Club is concerned that the growing popularity of cycling among white middle-class men was in danger of creating a new [...] read more
    February 5, 2008 11:02 am - 18 Comments
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    Jeanette’s Picnic for the Planet speech - by frog



    As I predicted Jeanette’s Picnic for the Planet speech was a challenging on for the government, starting out with a scathing attack on its denial that the world is running out of oil. Government is in denial because anything else would require them to plan for a different kind of society, and they don’t think [...] read more
    January 22, 2008 2:28 pm - 9 Comments
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    Dividing up the pie irrationally - by frog



    The LA Times has a fascinating story about how irrationally humans (and also capuchin monkeys) respond to money. Apparently we’re less concerned about how much money we have as a quantity, and more concerned about making sure we get at least a fair share of what is available. Would you rather earn $50,000 a year [...] read more
    January 17, 2008 10:17 am - 37 Comments
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