14 JULY 2015, NATIONAL LIBRARY – WELLINGTON<\/p>\n
Jane Kelsey’s latest Law Foundation funded book The FIRE Economy<\/strong> will be launched on 14 July in Wellington. This will be followed by public talk events in Auckland and Christchurch. Here are the details:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wellington:<\/strong> Tues 14 July, 5.30pm \u2013 National Library of NZ<\/p>\n Cnr Molesworth and Aitken Streets<\/p>\n Jane Kelsey in conversation with Carol Hirschfeld<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Auckland:<\/strong> Wed 15 July, 6pm \u2013 Old Government House Lecture Theatre<\/p>\n City Campus of University of Auckland<\/p>\n Public Talk<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Christchurch: <\/strong>Thurs 16 July, 6pm \u2013 Transitional Cathedral<\/p>\n Latimer Square<\/p>\n Public Talk<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the book – The FIRE Economy*<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1995 Jane Kelsey set out a groundbreaking account of the neoliberal revolution in The New Zealand Experiment<\/em>. Now she marshals an exceptional range of evidence to show how this transfer of wealth and power has been systematically embedded over three decades.<\/p>\n Today organisations and commentators once at the vanguard of neoliberal reform, including the IMF andFinancial Times<\/em> journalist Martin Wolf, are warning the current model is unsustainable. A post-neoliberal era beckons. In The FIRE Economy<\/em> Kelsey identifies the risks posed by FIRE and the barriers embedded neoliberalism presents to a progressive, post-neoliberal transformation \u2013 and urges us to act. This is a book New Zealand cannot afford to ignore.<\/p>\n *The FIRE economy \u2013 built on finance, insurance and real estate \u2013 is now the world’s principal source of wealth creation. Its rise has transformed our political, economic and social landscapes, supported by a neoliberal regime that celebrates markets, profit and risk. From rising inequality and ballooning household debt to a global financial crisis and fiscal austerity, the neoliberal \u2018orthodoxy’ has brought instability and empowered the few. Yet it remains remarkably resilient, even resurgent, in New Zealand and abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 14 JULY 2015, NATIONAL LIBRARY – WELLINGTON Jane Kelsey’s latest Law Foundation funded book The FIRE Economy will be launched on 14 July in Wellington. This will be followed by public talk events in Auckland and Christchurch. Here are the … Continue reading More information about the book<\/a><\/h5>\n
Radio NZ National interview with Jane about her book – 19 July 2015<\/a><\/h5>\n
NZ Law Foundation has awarded $7,000 towards the publication of this book.<\/h4>\n