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Jane Kelsey is the author of The Fire Economy: New Zealand's Reckoning which made The New Zealand Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography)

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First things first.

This book was published before any questioning New Zealand's neo-liberal "Labour" Party's decapitalisation of New Zealand was accepted or even allowed. It seems obvious now - be stupid, win stupid prizes - but at the time this was groundbreaking stuff.

And only 7 ratings on Goodreads.com?

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A fabulous book. Domestically, it tackles a complex and generally obfuscated subject in a clear and systematic manner. Internationally, it compares the New Zealand Experiment to very similar enterprizes being undertaken worldwide. Note that being able to see and even write about larger patterns is largely VERBOTEN in western anglo-american such as New Zealand.

While dealing with a particular experiment, this book is timeless as a clear, independent account of the unrestrained application of the silliest of Chicago School make-believe to the most inappropriate of domains: a real-world country.

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GirlMeetsTractor | Mar 22, 2020 |
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is an agreement currently under negotiation between the US and 9 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including New Zealand. It has relatively little to do with trade but a great deal to do with taking various aspects of the law of these countries - covering such issues as investment policy, environment policy, and intellectual property/copyright policy - outside the control of their citizens and placing them under corporate control. (For Americans, think NAFTA on steroids.)

In other words, if passed, it would represent a substantial loss of national sovereignty and democratic oversight over law-making and public policy. I don't like that idea, so I'm glad NZ academic Jane Kelsey has written this concise study. (I found her previous book on the subject, "No Ordinary Deal", to be too dry and academic - this one is written for the general reader.)

"Hidden Agendas" is well worth reading if, like me, you are concerned about the corporate/security State's increasing encroachment on people's economic, political and civil rights.
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timjones | Jun 29, 2013 |
Book. RLS library gives away lots of books for political education. This book is missing a description. Write a description of about 150 words and you can take it or a random book home. OR, you can exchange 2 books for 3 random books of ours. All books can be borrowed at our office.
 
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