The consumers price index (CPI), New Zealand’s best known measure of inflation, measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by households. The CPI consists of a basket of goods and services that represent purchases made by… Continue reading →

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By Aditi Subramaniam As I write this, I am sitting in a Mexican restaurant waiting for my lunch to arrive. I must be hungry, because it’s 3 pm and I haven’t eaten anything since an early breakfast, but even the nachos and salsa in front of me, which would have ordinarily been gobbled up as […]

With the AS Paper 2 (Data Response/essay paper) this week, here is a note on Tariffs and Protectionism which is in Unit 4 of the AS course. It can be a popular ‘Discuss’ question in the essay paper. However you… Continue reading →

You are no doubt aware of the two catastrophic accidents in 2018 involving Boeing 737 Max aircraft which led to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ground all 737 Max aircraft and make regulatory changes. The compliance costs incurred by… Continue reading →

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This year I am trying to get students to develop a deeper understanding of economic issues and to improve their evaluation skills for the written exam. The goal is that students will arrive at a collective meaning, rather than seek… Continue reading →

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By Pranav Jain, an incoming civil servant and also a columnist In the lush meadows of Pahalgam, where the Lidder River flows gently against the rugged outline of the Himalayas, the recent dastardly terrorist attack has cast a sombre veil over the valley’s timeless beauty and left an entire nation in mourning. The wounds of […]

With the mid-year exams next week here are a couple of mindmaps I produced using OmniGraffle (Apple software). I found it a useful starting point for students to discuss the effectiveness of each policy and the conflicts within macro objectives.… Continue reading →

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On Friday we had our annual Yr 13 M&M’s graph competition. Having just completed Perfect and Imperfect Competition with my Year 13 class I used a couple of packets of M&M’s to drum home the concept of marginal analysis MC=MR.… Continue reading →

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By Samyogita Hardikar Most of us have heard at least one story of Lord Shiva performing the Tandav. Some of you might also have heard of the dance that Goddess Parvati danced in response- the Laasya. But I bet none of you know what happened after. The two divine cosmic dances — Shiva’s fiery outburst […]

By Eswar ‘Our moments are wrapped with music’, observed Kavignar Veyil reflecting on growing up with Ilaiyaraja’s music in Tamil Nadu. One of my earliest memories is waking up in the morning to Tamil film songs on the radio. The first song I remember listening to is Rasathi Unna Kanatha Nenju from the movie Vaidehi […]

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The current situation in the US economy has the potential for a stagflationary period similar to that of the 1970s – high inflation and high unemployment. Trump is intensifying political pressure on US monetary policy amid rising inflation and supply-chain… Continue reading →

The story is about a man who decides to give up violence, and this takes him on a journey where he discovers that he is the saviour of an oppressed people. There are several brilliant moments, but the film doesn’t touch the heart. The rest of the review may contain spoilers. In Retro, Karthik Subbaraj […]

The earlier HIT films surprised us with twisted investigation stories that hinged on one perpetrator, but the third movie takes it further with a gleeful amount of gore. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. If I opened up director Sailesh Kolanu’s brain, I think I’d see a very dark and twisted soul. And […]