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Tag Archives: inequality
Media: Neoliberal corporate propaganda or just sloppy journalism ?
One of the features of the Reagan/Thatcher neoliberal revolution over the last 30 plus years – in New Zealand called Rogernomics – is growing inequality. The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor getting poorer. This is expressed in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, Society
Tagged CEO salaries vs performance, corporate media, Fonterra, George Orwell, inequality, Liam Dann, neoliberal propaganda, NZ Herald, Rod Emmerson, Rogernomics, Russel brand, sloppy journalism, Theo Spierings, trickle down, velor scrotum of the thumb-twiddling plutocrat
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Moving deck chairs on the Titanic while the band is playing
My ‘post-budget’ blog is off to a slow start. Listening to the commentariat constipates the mind. This is of course intentional. We are not to be enlightened but rather confused and distracted from the big picture. One little morsel to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged budget, global warming, inequality, Monty Python, Productivity Commission
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Old Snake Oil Merchants driven out of Town ?
Brian Fallow in the 23 Oct Herald alerts us to a change in economic debate with the publication of the The Piketty Phenomenon a collection of essays dealing with the groundbreaking work of the French economist’s Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century. “His careful … Continue reading