Reset

In the late 1990s after years of skilled and stable employment John Morgan joined the ranks of the precariat another of the countless victims of neoliberal reforms and so-called labour market flexibility. I was a classic case study proving that once a person had taken a temporary job after a spell of unemployment the results were lower earnings for years ahead.The experience drove his quest to understand how this three-and-a-half-decade aberration in our foundational heart and soul values and politics came about and - as we face another period of unemployment dislocation and uncertainty - how we can stop it from repeating.No dry economic text Reset is a sweeping account that connects New Zealands geology and landscape human migrations political and social history and the deep-seated values that emerged - values that according to Morgan we urgently need to restore. His solutions are equally sweeping and challenge us to think beyond self-maximizing business as usual to regain our common purpose.