http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/hamilton-garnauts-report-barely-conceals-his-despair/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:16:27 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/hamilton-garnauts-report-barely-conceals-his-despair/#comment-16128 RJG Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16128 As John Kenneth Galbraith observed, our suspicions about Government competence in the Anglo Saxon world were the consequence of many "Bad Kings." Big business and their cohorts, the neo classical economists, have exploited these Suspicions. Governments although duly elected by the ordinary people are now powerless to make any real changes that challenge the the vested interests of this numerically small, but extrordinarily powerful group. We now have another set of "Bad Kings." We need to rapidly transfer our suspicions from our government to them and in doing so give ourselves a voice through those who are elected to represent us. As John Kenneth Galbraith observed, our suspicions about Government competence in the Anglo Saxon world were the consequence of many “Bad Kings.” Big business and their cohorts, the neo classical economists, have exploited these Suspicions. Governments although duly elected by the ordinary people are now powerless to make any real changes that challenge the the vested interests of this numerically small, but extrordinarily powerful group. We now have another set of “Bad Kings.” We need to rapidly transfer our suspicions from our government to them and in doing so give ourselves a voice through those who are elected to represent us.

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