Join Bridget Williams Books at the National Library to celebrate Max Rashbrooke’s new book Government for the Public Good, a fast-paced and globally informed defence of the role of government in delivering the public services that shape our lives.
In a time of global political ferment, established ideas are coming under renewed scrutiny. Chief among them is one of the dominant notions of our era: that we should entrust markets with many of the tasks previously carried out by government.
In this eagerly anticipated follow-up to the best-selling Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, Max Rashbrooke goes beyond anecdote and partisanship, delving deep into the latest research about the sweeping changes made to the public services that shape our collective lives. What he unearths is startling: it challenges established thinking on the effectiveness of market-based reforms and charts a new form of ‘deep’ democracy for the twenty-first century.
Wednesday 26 September
Speeches
from 6.00pm, drinks and light refreshments from 6.30pm.
National Library of New Zealand
Te Ahumairangi foyer (ground floor)
70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon
Wellington
All welcome, no RSVP needed
This event is part of the BWB Winter Series.
About the author: Max Rashbrooke is a journalist, author and academic based in Wellington. His books, led by the best-sellingInequality: A New Zealand Crisis(2013), have transformed the national understanding of income and wealth inequality.