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Originally Posted by cyc
The problem is that both Labour and National's claims of being representative of the people are patently false. The thing that's apparent with a lot of our MPs is that they represent the worst kind of identity politics -- a singular definition (or at least a dominant presentation) of oneself, which evolves around blindly proffering the favoured stances of that one identity, at the expense of everything else.
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For sure.
I think policy should be evidence based rather than purely ideological.
I found this
speech by the head of the IMF quite intersting in the context of NZ's proposed financial reforms.
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“In designing a new macroeconomic framework for a new world”, he stated, “the pendulum will swing—at least a little—from the market to the state, and from the relatively simple to the relatively more complex”.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn called for policymakers to pay more attention to inequality and social cohesion.
“The benefits of growth must be broadly shared, not just captured by a privileged few. While the market must stay center stage, the invisible hand must not become the invisible fist”.
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