Inequality in the English-Speaking World

The New Zealand finance minister was interviewed about inequality today...

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201806441/porirua-family-can-only-afford-biscuits

This is in response to a report showing that 60% of NZ's wealth is owned by 10% of the population while the bottom 40% of the population own 3% of the wealth. In the interview, he compares NZ to Australia, the UK and America. He calls them comparable countries, though doesn't say why they are. My guess would be because they have comparable taxation systems, unlike some of the countries in Europe with much higher taxation and much better standards of living for those at the bottom of the heap. (And who conveniently don't speak English.)

In the 80s the US had Reaganomics, the UK Thatcherism, NZ Rogernomics and Australia something or other similar. These were all major swings to the right in economic policy. The Brexit vote in the UK and the rise of Trump in the US can probably be blamed on the inequality those policies have given us.

Say thank you, UK...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/29/new-zealand-offers-uk-its-top-trade-negotiators-for-post-brexit/

LOL!

Reactive Programming comes to the Red Language...

"What is reactive programming? Let me make a short disclaimer first, this is not yet-another-FRP framework relying on event streams. The reactive model we use is known as object-oriented reactive programming (using a 'push' model), which is both simple to understand and close to spreadsheet's model (i.e. Excel formulas). That model has often been praised for its simplicity and efficiency. You can now use it directly in Red."

Taken from here: http://www.red-lang.org/2016/06/061-reactive-programming.html

Nice black singlet for sale, slightly used, priced to sell...

Te Papa finds money for down payment on Ford GT40...

Context: http://birguslatro.dreamwidth.org/436914.html