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Election 2023: Big on marketing, short on vision

In a guest post, Catherine Knight continues the conversation about where the election debate falls short by focusing on 'Homo Economicus' instead of the 'Economics of Sufficiency'

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Catherine Knight
Oct 03, 2023
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In the crowded field - or marketing campaign -that is Election 2023, it is largely about appealing to voters in their role as consumers in our consumption-orientated economy. Photos: Lynn Grieveson (The Kākā) and Fiona Goodall and Hagan Hopkins (Getty Images)

In less than two weeks, our country’s direction for at least the next three years will be decide…

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Catherine Knight
Catherine is an award-winning writer, environmental historian and a policy practitioner living on the Kapiti Coast. Author of several books including 'Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of environmental politics in New Zealand' (Canterbury University Press).
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