I seldom watch TV. However, I had been following the Mr Bates v The Post Office saga on various media outlets in the UK. The issue seemed to me to be a window on what neo-liberal economics has served up across the world. So, I sat down and watched the TV drama and the documentary which followed. The … [Read more...]
At last there are seriously good articles on how neo-liberalism is failing us badly
I recall in the 1980’s, when I chaired a Labour Party electorate committee, moving out of the chair to argue with our local MP on how wrong neo-liberalism was, as its impacts I felt were dreadful. I was working with communities all over the South Island which were being decimated by this newly found … [Read more...]
Roger Douglas move over – Neoliberalism must go
Neoliberalism has got us into the present mess and it has no way of getting us out. Whether it is AI, Climate Change, Vaping, Uber, AirBnB, Tourism…. for nearly forty years we have said – let the market decide. The “Free Market” and the removal of regulation has not brought us to Nirvana, it has … [Read more...]