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From 'Eclipse of Equality' to Collapse of Credibility: Reply to Pearson and Thorns

The point of my essay was to push our thinking along in the light of state initiatives since 1984. Pearson and Thorns’ response is concerned less to advance the argument than to defend their original position. As such it is instructive only in the sense that it replicates some of the limitations of their book. This is a bald assertion. Let me develop it by accepting their fourpoint summary of my observations/reservations concerning Eclipse of Equality as the basis for my comments. 1. New Zealand as corporatist.