Towards an economy based on provision of human needs
A critical feature in Karl Marx’s theoretical construct of political economy provides a valuable insight on how economies in countries…
Author: Ian Powell
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Message from health professionals to health bosses: Please stop the spin
It is difficult to think of something more hazardous in Aotearoa New Zealand at the moment than the parlous state…
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A quiet Health New Zealand resignation that speaks volumes
From when I began my over three decades as Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) I…
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What’s behind cruelty to animals
When the political left uses a class analysis to consider the nature of capitalism in its various forms, it usually…
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Health system IT: 0 steps forward; two steps back
There were several constant messages I received or witnessed from hospital specialists when I was executive director of the Association…
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Health leadership, tobacco control and a sacred oath: ‘first do no harm’
On 5 February 2022 I discussed in Otaihanga Second Opinion the Hippocratic medical ethics oath and its continuing relevance to…
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Structured literacy – how rigidity flows from ideology
On 18 June an earlier Political Bytes post discussed the ideological framework in which the government has required schools to…
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Corporate general practice ownership highlights unintended perverse outcome
A public controversy has erupted over a Lower Hutt general practice that has wider implications for primary healthcare in Aotearoa…
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Keith Locke: Hard on issues; soft on people
One of the outstanding union leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries made many wise observations. The one…
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Data cleansing of unmet patient need hides a national health scandal
In the mid to late 2000s, while Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, I used the term…