New Zealand’s Asian century
We ought to be celebrating the contribution of Asian New Zealanders more often.
We ought to be celebrating the contribution of Asian New Zealanders more often.
This week, the Asia New Zealand Foundation released its annual survey of New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples.
With our sound institutions and our growing integration into the Asia-Pacific economic region, if any countries are able to grow, they are New Zealand and Australia.
Die Wirtschaftsgeschichte lehrt, dass für eine solche Politik des billigen Geldes langfristig stets ein hoher Preis zu zahlen ist.
Instead of interacting across borders, why can’t we withdraw and enjoy the safety of home?
The tectonic plates of the world economy are shifting.
Australia may still be a lucky country (and perhaps it is still run by second-rate people), but the ‘tyranny of distance’ from the old centre of the West has turned into a blessing.
There is nothing wrong with happiness, of course.
© Dr Oliver Hartwich