Knowledge Now: Its Unintended Consequences
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Geoff Sharp identifies the university as the new engine of neo-liberal capitalism and asks if we are in touch with the unintended consequences of this historic alliance.
Food Riots: System Breakdown
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John Hinkson on food shortages, population growth, climate change, and why neo-liberalism as an untenable social order
Power Intellectuals in the Howard Era
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Guy Rundle examines the role of a powerful group of commentators who have sought to reconstruct Australian political culture. Will the 2007 election mark the end of their era, or its ultimate triumph?
Just Keep Walking
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Shame has become passé, a victim of a culture that views it as an impediment to achieving one’s own ends. But at what cost to how we treat others, asks Mark Furlong
A World Gone MaD: Marketisation and Deregulation of Electricity
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The goal of affordable, accessible, clean and reliable electricity has been trampled in the rush to market, writes Sharon Beder
Respec’
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New Labour’s ‘Respect’ campaign is about filling the gap created by its withdrawal from the democratic socialist impetus of the post-war years, writes Guy Rundle