Nelson Mandela, Communist

Bill Keller New York Times 7 Dec 2013 IN 2011, the British historian Stephen Ellis published a paper concluding that Nelson Mandela had been a member of the South African Communist Party — indeed, a member of its governing Central Committee. Although Mandela’s African National Congress and the Communist Party were openly allied against apartheid,…

Economist Nouriel Roubini picks NZ housing bubble

Anne Gibson NZ Herald 2 Dec 2013 Nouriel Roubini, the American economist and financial expert dubbed Dr Doom – who predicted last decade’s global meltdown – has picked New Zealand as having one of the world’s most precarious housing markets. And it is precisely because we didn’t suffer a big slump last decade – like…