Bennettarium

The idea that the market will take care of everything is naive because we do not express all our thought-through preferences when we shop. medium.com/the-philosophical-inquirer/hands-up-who… via @JulianBaggini

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Meanwhile, final results are in for that *other* election (NZ). Labour took 3 electorate seats off National. National lost 2 seats overall, to Labour and the Maori Party. And there were some other less-obvious but interesting developments: #nzpol

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Carbon pricing: “The “cost” of a form of energy is not an objective property of the universe, measured by a market cost-o-meter. It’s a social construct, the result of assumptions built into the way we calculate value.” grist.org/article/discount-rates-a-boring-thing-yo…

Those people who have been calling the PM “Taxcinda” must be feeling a bit foolish now

Listening to @radionz , impressed with the endless creativity of pollsters’ excuses for their inaccurate poll results.

I understand the need for opposition politics, but parties are all supposed to help run the country. We should rename them “Assistant Parties”, so National is the largest Assistant Party this term. Their job is to help the government, with support & opposition as needed.

https://t.co/AWTJ1sTaKx

A gentle reminder. From ideology. twitter.com/NeinQuarterly/status/13154137631437496…