Only Their Purpose is Mad: The Money Men Take Over NZ by Bruce Jesson

New Zealand's economy was once dominated by people who made things; it is now dominated by people who finance things. Bruce Jesson argues that New Zealand has been transformed, since 1984, by the culture of finance, and that our society and economy are now subject to irrational, speculative forces. Editorial Reviews About the Author Bruce Jesson was born in Christchurch in 1944 and has an Ll.B from Canterbury University. He has worked as a labourer, wool presser, dustman and freezingworker, and was a househusband for several years before becoming a freelance journalist. The author published The Republican between 1974 and 1995. He was political columnist for Metro magazine for many years. His work has been published in a large nubmer of New Zealand newspapers and magazines, and also in Australia and Britain. In 1991, Bruce Jesson was elected to the Auckland Regional Council, and was chair of the Auckland Regional Services Trust between 1992 and 1995. He is author of Behind the Mirror Glass and Fragments of Labour, and co-author of Revival of the Right. He is co-editor of Political Review.