Tag Archives: Better economics

Nature and Corporate Neoliberal Economics in Conflict

Posted on April 30, 2016 by cjkperley

The laws of nature and the laws of corporate-based neoliberal economics are in conflict. Continue reading →

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The Trans-Pacific ‘Partnership’ and Our Environment

Posted on October 31, 2015 by cjkperley

The very idea that the Trans-Pacific ‘Partnership’ (TPP) is good for the environment (Craig Foss MP Hawke’s Bay Today 26th October) is arrant nonsense.  More than that, it is wilful distortion. While Mr Foss might have the privilege of knowing what clauses … Continue reading →

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Summarising the Neo-Liberal Agenda – A Letter to Treasury

Posted on September 17, 2015 by cjkperley

Dear Treasury neo-liberals, and mega-corporate backers of Ayn Rand et al. in various university neo-liberal seminaries. My Adam Smith quote of the day. “The proposal of any new law or regulation which comes from [businessmen], ought always to be listened … Continue reading →

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Reframing our Water as a Commons

Posted on June 15, 2015 by cjkperley

This article was published in the Hawke’s Bay Today following the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s (HBRC) decision to allow an overseas water bottling plant to take water from the high quality aquifer that lies beneath the cities of Hasting and Napier. … Continue reading →

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