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Books and reports: A Primer on Property Rights, Takings and Compensation
3 October 2008, Bryce Wilkinson

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This report is motivated by the realisation that there is a need in New Zealand for a wider understanding of the importance of security of all property rights for civil peace, prosperity, constitutional government, social cohesion and ultimately the democratic system. Respect for private property rights implies the need for restraint, both by governments and by lobby groups. Such restraint is necessary for a civil society, and the reciprocal obligations confer mutual benefits. Indeed, any rule that asks people to treat others as they would like to be treated themselves has these attributes.

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Perspectives: Issue 127, India and Globalisation

1 October 2007, Razeen Sally

The Western image of India was of an ancient, mystical civilisation, but also one fatalistically stuck in material backwardness. V. S. Naipaul once described India as a 'broken, wounded civilisation', a continent full of 'walking skeletons with deranged eyes'. How perceptions have changed. Now India is 'shining': it is opening up, globalising, and on its way to becoming an economic superpower. Reality, of course, is more prosaic than the hype. But the good news is that India is at last on the move.


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