Progress is built on conflict and failure
Book review: A Swede gives historical advice to all politicians on why societies prosper
Nevil Gibson
Sun, 10 Jan 2021
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In its summer reading list for the prime minister, and by implication all politicians, the NZIER chose only two that fitted my own selection: an economic history of New Zealand and one on decision-making for an unknowable future.
Apart from one on the art of scepticism in a data-driven world,
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Nevil Gibson
Sun, 10 Jan 2021
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