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Popper, Plato and profits, Rodney Hide

Posted on October 12, 1997 by NZ Books

The Commercialisation of New Zealand Brian Easton Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 173 5 Reining in the Dinosaur: The Story Behind the Remarkable Turnaround of New Zealand Post Vivienne Smith New Zealand Post, $24.95, ISBN 0 473 04389…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Barry Spicer, Brian Easton, Centre for Independent Studies, David Emanuel, Issue 30, Michael Powell, New Zealand Post, Rodney Hide, Vivienne Smith, Winter 1997
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

A cultural turning point, Patricia Herbert

Posted on August 8, 1996 by NZ Books

Free to Work: The Liberalisation of New Zealand’s Labour Market Wolfgang Kasper Centre for Independent Studies, $15.95 ISBN 186432 0125 The most interesting observation in Free to Work — Professor Wolfgang Kasper’s distinctly unambitious treatise on the Employment Contracts Act…

Tagged with: Centre for Independent Studies, Issue 24, Patricia Herbert, Wolfgang Kasper
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Poser for the new right, Geoffrey Bertram

Posted on December 17, 1995 by NZ Books

Ethics and Ecosystems: Protecting Human Interests and Environmental Values Barry Maley Centre for Independent Studies, Australia, $18.95, ISBN 186432 0028 Reconciling Trade and the Environment: Issues for New Zealand Grant Hewison Institute of Policy Studies, $22.00 ISBN 0908935 994 Environment:…

Tagged with: Barry Maley, Centre for Independent Studies, Geoffrey Bertram, Grant Hewison, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 21, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Victoria University Press
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review

Unwanted consequences, Colin Knox

Posted on October 7, 1995 by NZ Books

Chaos, Management and Economics David Parker and Ralph Stacey Centre for Independent Studies, ISBN 1864320087 Imagine a world where long-term plans are achieved only by chance … a world where the relationship of systems within systems is so complex they…

Tagged with: Centre for Independent Studies, David Parker, Issue 20, Ralph Stacey, Summer 1995
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review