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Tag Archives: urbanisation
Coming up for air in the New Jerusalem
The grand plan for New Zealand’s own ‘New Jerusalem’ has been revealed. The excited assurances that, indeed, the Promised Land has been glimpsed have been echoing around the media ( e.g., here, here, here, here, here and here) - fired in perfect sequence, like a 21 gun salute. … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Earthquakes, Economics, Freedom, New Zealand Politics
Tagged Brownlee, Christchurch, cities, disaster, Freedom, Local Government, private sector, urbanisation
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Underneath the ‘underclass’
Joe Bageant died on the 26th of March last year. Apparently, he was sometimes referred to as an American ‘leftneck’ – which is not a bad label for him. Bageant’s book (and, more generally, his literary life) has been devoted to laying … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Education, Free Market, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics, Welfare
Tagged capitalism, community, economic history, John Key, markets, self-interest, unity, urbanisation, welfare, wellbeing
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Disdaining democracy
All those years ago – you know, way back when John Key wasn’t the Prime Minister – the populace, so we found out, was getting restless. Its main complaint about the government of the day was that it was ‘off … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, New Zealand Politics
Tagged Christchurch, community, democracy, Elections, ideology, Local Government, National, urbanisation, Voting
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The Right’s Dependence on Welfare
A recent comment by Don Brash [about 7mins45secs into the video] gave me the clue as to why the right are so dependent on the ‘welfare’ argument. They are, to put it bluntly, dependent on ‘welfare’ as the explanation for all … Continue reading
Posted in Free Market, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, Labour, New Zealand Politics
Tagged economic history, human nature, ideology, urbanisation, welfare, wellbeing
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Christchurch, 2020 – Would we want to live there?
The one question so many people in Christchurch are asking is “Should I stay or should I go?” The motivation to stay – for those with the ability to leave – will depend on whether or not there is a … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand Politics
Tagged community, Local Government, New Zealand Identity, unity, urbanisation
2 Comments
‘Mother of harlots and earth’s abominations’
Saturday Morning on Radio New Zealand National featured Doug Saunders – journalist and author – talking about his book ‘Arrival Cities: How the largest Migration in History is Reshaping Our World‘. You can go here for the link to the … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, International Politics
Tagged cities, economic history, journalism, urbanisation
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