Listener: June 17-23 2006 Vol 204 No 3449 His different sort of economics is awash with insights. I am often asked why John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at the age of 97, was never awarded a Bank of Sweden prize in honour of Alfred Nobel. The short answer might be that although he was…
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Listener 3 June 2006.
Keywords: Environment & Resources; Political Economy & History;
The last time I talked with Rod Donald was shortly after the 2005 election, walking along Lambton Quay. Rod was very disappointed with the election outcome, for his Green Party lost voter share, and hence seats. He thought that the scurrilous anti-Green election pamphlet did a lot of damage. I said that anyone who thought it valid was too ignorant to vote Green, although it damaged the Greens when the new government was being formed.