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8 October 2020

Productivity and the future of technology

By | Book, ESRA, Featured, Front Page, Home Page, productivity commission, Published Research, Research, Shannon Walsh, technology, workers | No Comments

In this chapter excerpt from the forthcoming ESRA collection ‘Whose Futures?’ Shannon Walsh considers the New Zealand Productivity Commission’s recent inquiry into Technological change and the future of work. He examines the inquiry as a case study in the limitations of mainstream economic thought on the question of the future of technology and technological change. more

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15 May 2020

Future-Proofing Aotearoa New Zealand for Life After COVID-19

By | Anna-Maria Murtola, COVID-19, ESRA, Featured, Home Page, Jack Foster, Simon Barber, Vanessa Cole | No Comments

Crises can catalyse broad-based social change. Yet the shape of such changes is not determined in advance. In this contribution, four ESRA researchers propose some key principles that should guide the economic and social recovery from Covid-19 and future proof Aotearoa New Zealand. more

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6 June 2019

Budget 2019 Report

By | Ben Rosamond, Campbell Jones, ESRA, Featured, Home Page, Intervention, Jack Foster, Murdoch Stephens, Published Research, Research, Shannon Walsh, Ti Lamusse, Vanessa Cole | No Comments

ESRA researchers have teamed up with community researchers and activists to consider what the 2019 ‘Wellbeing budget’ means for those who are worst served by our current system. more

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