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Date

2015.

By

Kelsey, Jane

Identifier

ISBN 9781927277188 EPUB, ISBN 9781927247846 Kindle, ISBN 9781927247853 PDF

Series

BWB e-book.

Summary

"The FIRE economy - finance, insurance and real estate - is now the world's principal source of wealth creation. Its rise has transformed our political, economic and social landscapes. From rising inequality and ballooning household debt to a global financial crisis and fiscal austerity, instability has accompanied this new orthodoxy. Yet it has proven remarkably resilient, even resurgent, in New Zealand and abroad. Examining the FIRE economy takes Jane Kelsey back to her bestselling account of the neoliberal revolution, The New Zealand Experiment. The systematic transfer of power first detailed in that groundbreaking work is shown to have advanced, embedding neoliberalism in New Zealand. The FIRE economy is sustained by the norms, rules and institutions of this new orthodoxy - a complex web of global finance, light regulation, debt, risk tolerance and property bubbles. The continuing narrative of neoliberalism in New Zealand reveals financial crises to be inherent to the very structure of the FIRE economy. How we respond to New Zealand's future crises, however, means questioning what responses the failing neoliberal orthodoxy will actually permit. In detailing the barriers the FIRE economy presents to change in New Zealand, Kelsey points towards socially progressive, post-neoliberal futures"--Publisher information.

Notes

Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in EPUB.

Includes bibliographical references.

First e-book edition.

Source URL

https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE28095804
http://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/NLNZ:NLNZ:NLNZ_ALMA21224594610002836 Archived copy available within National Library of New Zealand only

Other Versions

Print version: The FIRE economy

Related to

Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection

Publisher

Wellington, New Zealand : Bridget Williams Books Limited, 2015.

Format

1 online resource