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The missing alternative, Tim Hazledine
At The Crossroads: Three Essays Jane Kelsey Bridget Williams Books, $34.95, ISBN 1877242918 Re-launching his New Left Review for the new millennium, the veteran British socialist Perry Anderson conceded with apparent equanimity that “the only starting point for a realistic…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 55, Jane Kelsey, Spring 2001, Tim Hazledine
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
The perils of pragmatism, Tim Hazledine
The State in New Zealand 1840-1984: Socialism without doctrines? Michael Bassett Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 193 X Unlike George Lucas of Star Wars, Michael Bassett has decided to tell his story in chronological order. He had wanted…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 38, Michael Bassett, Tim Hazledine
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Back to the golden weather, Brian Easton
Taking New Zealand Seriously: the Economics of Decency Tim Hazledine HarperCollins $24.95 ISBN 1 86950283 3 The Wellington launch of Taking New Zealand Seriously coincided with the 1998 conference of the New Zealand Economists’ Association. The contrast is striking. Few…
Tagged with: Brian Easton, HarperCollins, Issue 36, Tim Hazledine
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review