Victor Billot » Economics http://www.victorbillot.com Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:32:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Beyond the sea: New Zealand’s ports at risk? http://www.victorbillot.com/2010/06/beyond-the-sea-new-zealands-ports-at-risk/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2010/06/beyond-the-sea-new-zealands-ports-at-risk/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:09:04 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/?p=339 The following article on New Zealand ports and maritime issues was originally published in Foreign Control Watchdog issue 123 (May 2010), the magazine of CAFCA, and is available online at their site. I thought I’d add it here as well.

Somewhere beyond the sea
somewhere waiting for me
my lover stands on golden sands
and watches the ships that … Read more

]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2010/06/beyond-the-sea-new-zealands-ports-at-risk/feed/ 0 A couple of observations on the state of the world http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/a-couple-of-observations-on-the-state-of-the-world/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/a-couple-of-observations-on-the-state-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:09:14 +0000 admin http://billot.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/a-couple-of-observations-on-the-state-of-the-world/ On the theme of things “eco”, George Monbiot sums up recent thoughts rather nicely here.

He also manages to pin down the blindingly obvious with this post on Unions and the Labour Party in the UK. Some parallels to be drawn with our free trade pushin’  Government?

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/a-couple-of-observations-on-the-state-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Jack Yan on the downsides and upsides of globalization http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/jack-yan-on-the-downsides-and-upsides-of-globalization/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/jack-yan-on-the-downsides-and-upsides-of-globalization/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:39:35 +0000 admin http://billot.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/jack-yan-on-the-downsides-and-upsides-of-globalization/ My friend Jack Yan just posted a thought provoking article about globalization and the relationship between economy, business and society on his blog.
Jack is speaking at an open to the public session later this year at the Alliance Party conference in Dunedin on these very topics – and based on his above article, it should be well worth catching.… Read more

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