Economic Issues

Course organiser:Howard Harvey

Presenter:Various

21 Sep:

Stephen Hickson, Senior Teaching Fellow in the Dept. of Economics and Finance, UC, on 'Inequality and Poverty.'

We all care about inequality and poverty. How do we define these things in the New Zealand context? What does the data say? How successful has the current government been at reducing child poverty given Jacinda Adern made it a leading issue in 2017?

28 Sep:

Stephen Hickson, Senior Teaching Fellow in the Dept. of Economics and Finance, UC, on 'Economic Growth.'

Why do we care about economic growth.? Some say we should not. In this talk Stephen will set out the reasons why we do care about it and why our politicians should as well.

5 Oct:

Stephen Hickson, Senior Teaching Fellow in the Dept. of Economics and Finance, UC, on 'Globalisation and Openness.'

Since World War 2 the world has enjoyed a widely held consensus that the way to peace and prosperity is be open. The more open to the world a country is and the more open the world is, in general the better off we are. But is this now fraying? Might Brexit and the election of Donald Trump signal a breakdown in that?

12 Oct:

Dr. Michael Gousmett, Adjunct Fellow Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems, UC, on 'Deficits in Our Health System.'

19 Oct:

Dr. Michael Gousmett, Adjunct Fellow Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems, UC, on 'To Pay or Not To Pay. Tax and Charitable Organisations.'

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Economic Issues

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