Win a copy of Beyond the Free Market The University of Auckland

This month we are giving away a copy of Beyond the Free Market, edited by David Cooke, Claire Hill, Pat Baskett and Ruth Irwin. To enter the draw, please email your name and address to Alumni Relations Manager Mandy Allan at m.allan@auckland.ac.nz. The winner will be notified on 7 November 2014.
Subtitled “Rebuilding a just society in New Zealand”, Beyond the Free Market is a searching analysis of the changes wrought by market-based economics in this country over the past 30 years. It presents strategies to enable us to re-establish a society based on more equal access to resources.
Recurrent themes analysed include:
A steadfast refusal to admit that pure free-market theory is flawed
A propensity to believe that misfortunes such as unemployment, financial hardship, poverty, and even ill health, are somehow a person's own fault
A dismal perception of public good and of concepts such as altruism, inclusiveness, and collective responsibility
Dismissal of the fact that a free-market economy has no inbuilt mechanism to protect the environment or sustain natural resources
A profound inability to comprehend the inherent dignity which is the right of all human beings
"The chapters in this book point to the respects in which the values of the free market must be rejected," says Sir Edmund Thomas in the forward. "Certainly, capitalism is capable of adjustment. Universal franchise, the growth of a propertied middle class and the emergence of the welfare state are notable manifestations of this capacity. In short, the economic order must be adjusted and replaced by the more inclusive, equal and fair society heralded in this book."
Contributors
Beyond the Free Market includes chapters by Business School academics Professor Tim Hazeldine and Associate Professor Mānuka Hēnare, University of Auckland Professor of Law Jane Kelsey, and Distinguished Fellow the Rt Hon Sir Edmund Thomas. Other contributors include Sue Bradford, Peter Conway, David Cook, Nesta Devine, Sandra Grey, Kevin Hague, Mike Joy, Helen Kelly, John O'Neill, Michael Peters and Jim Stanford.