Condemning neoliberalism

Condemning neoliberalism

Aug 15, 2018

Condemning neoliberalism as Richard Denniss does in his recent Quarterly Essay is all well and good, but to change how policy formulation is done in our broken democracy we need to look at the root causes and reform the system, not just change the labels.

In Search of Good Government: Great Expectations & Political Amnesia

Jul 23, 2018

author: Laura Tingle name: Kim average rating: 4.38 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2018/07/19 date added: 2018/07/23 shelves: review: Laura Tingle does something few of our political commentators manage: to write with the deep insight of an insider without...

Taboo

Jul 15, 2018

author: Kim Scott name: Kim average rating: 3.94 book published: 2017 rating: 4 read at: 2018/04/01 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: This was the first of Kim Scott’s books that I have read. It won’t be the last! Scott is of Aboriginal origins and...

Saigon

Jul 15, 2018

author: Anthony Grey name: Kim average rating: 4.35 book published: 1982 rating: 5 read at: 2018/02/01 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: Read this after watching Ken Burns’ excellent documentary on the Vietnam War. Although this book is historical fiction,...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Jul 14, 2018

author: T.E. Lawrence name: Kim average rating: 3.93 book published: 1926 rating: 4 read at: 2018/06/01 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: The movie is one of my all time favourites, the man an intriguing character of a tragic period of history. I have always had...

Too Soon to Say Goodbye

Jul 14, 2018

author: Art Buchwald name: Kim average rating: 4.05 book published: 2006 rating: 2 read at: 2018/02/01 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: My dad loved Art Buchwald, and I was once a big fan, too – had kind of forgotten about him for a few decades when I...

Lincoln in the Bardo

Jul 14, 2018

author: George Saunders name: Kim average rating: 3.76 book published: 2017 rating: 1 read at: 2018/01/01 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: It’s won prizes, so it’s one of those books that one is “supposed” to love. Well I didn’t,...

The Pirates

Jul 14, 2018

author: Matthew West name: Kim average rating: 3.51 book published: 2015 rating: 4 read at: 2018/07/14 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves:...

Sound of a Murder: A Scandinavian Crime Thriller (Marius Tokle)

Jul 14, 2018

author: Pål Undall name: Kim average rating: 4.00 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2018/07/14 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: Needless to say – five stars from me – I translated it!Want to get a bit of background about the book, go to...

The Hand that Signed the Paper

Jan 26, 2018

author: Helen Dale name: Kim average rating: 3.65 book published: 1994 rating: 4 read at: date added: 2018/01/25 shelves:...

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