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  • A conversation with Lech Walesa (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    Eastern Europe would be quite different without the legacy of Lech Walesa. As leader of Poland’s Solidarity Trade Union, Walesa negotiated his country’s bloodless transition of power from 40 years of Soviet-dominated totalitarian rule to democratic elections in 1989. At 67, the former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner has lost none of his fire, as Tim Collins discovered.

  • Bear hug (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    New Zealand is currently negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
    with Russia and its customs union partners, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Astonishingly, we are first cab off the rank with a serious Russian FTA. Ex-Russian ambassador STUART PRIOR looks to his experience and says, if our imagination does not fail us, we have a remarkable chance to build important new business.

  • Our continuing horror story (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    Christchurch could take inspiration for its rebuild from similarly knocked-back cities like Hiroshim, Kobe and Beirut. But Sir Robert Jones says success may require authoritarian leadership.

  • Discounting the children (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    Pursuing short-term benefits can leave future generations stuck by the roadside. Dr Ganesh Nana argues that New Zealand needs speed limits

  • Name the price, set the price (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    When it comes to pricing your wares, it might pay to lose the logic, says Pattrick Smellie. The youthful science of psychology and the elderly science of economics go hand in hand when it comes to pricing.

  • The name game (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    New Zealand’s name suppression laws are a mess, as Tim Pankhurst learned the hard way.

  • The blur of secrets and lies (Comments Off)

    6/09/11 •

    The are no secrets in business, just good guys and shysters, writes Bruce Sheppard

  • Punch broke (Comments Off)

    2/22/11 •

    With sporting success comes adulation and undreamt of wealth and then ironically, maybe, financial ruin. Sir Robert Jones explains how and why some successful sportsmen have ended up on the bones of their arses.

  • It’s a team game (Comments Off)

    2/22/11 •

    Cricket is best played over a lengthy period – the longer the better. Economics would do well to take note of this long-term horizon, Dr. Ganesh Nana writes.

  • Fishy Business (Comments Off)

    2/22/11 •

    Tim Pankhurst argues that in business, as in angling, those who are educated and organised are so much more successful.