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Author: Jane Shearer

7 May 20223 January 2026

Open for Inspiration

How could top economists not believe inflation woudl return? Because of cognitive biases – how can humans avoid these traps?

30 April 20223 January 2026

When things break

How long should material goods last? And are things still valuable when broken?

23 April 20228 January 2026

Manifest inflation

Predicting and curbing inflation – manifesting has an unexpected role.

16 April 20223 January 2026

FB – my actions & reactions

How do we control our use of social media? Its set up to make us salivate like Pavlovian dogs on the basis of intermittent rewards.

9 April 20223 January 2026

Good or Bad?

Should we be buying better? Like our electric vehicle to replace our defunct ICE car. Or buying less?

2 April 20223 January 2026

Views

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars…as true as it was unbelievable. Who should apologise?

27 March 20223 January 2026

The other side of tourism

Tourism creates global understanding and we need more understanding at a time when Russia is invading the Ukraine and China wants to take Taiwan back.

20 March 20223 January 2026

Tourism saves the economy, or not – a rant

Tourism – a nightmare before COVID, what will return once the COVID nightmare ends?

12 March 20224 January 2026

The weight of absence

The impact of absence can be an enormous void or a welcome relief depending on your expectations and desires.

6 March 20224 January 2026

‘Real’ scary as an antidote

When existential threats seem overwhelming, doing something scary in New Zealand’s back country is a great antidote – Rabbit Pass.

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