Photo: 123RF
Donald Trump has made corruption in the United States more famous than ever. But American democracy was downright rotten before Trump, says Tim Kuhner, and this talk explains why that is – and why New Zealanders should care.
It turns out that, despite its reputation as one of the least corrupt countries, New Zealand has serious vulnerabilities to government of, by, and for the wealthy.
Corruption in the world. Yellow for the least corruption, darker red for most corruption. Photo: https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016
Tim explains why that is and why, if you don’t already care about this, you should!
Corruption, plutocracy, and kleptocracy will all be household names after this talk. And yet, it’s not a total downer — it turns out that there are ample reasons for hope.
About the speaker
Prof. Tim Kuhner Photo: University of Auckland
Tim Kuhner is a writer and law professor known for his critical approaches to the state of democracy today. He is the author of Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution (Stanford University Press, 2014), a book that received acclaim from the Harvard Law Review, Thomas Piketty, and Lawrence Lessig. He is also the co-editor of Democracy by the People (Cambridge University Press, 2018), an edited volume on campaign finance reform. Tim teaches courses on anti-corruption law and comparative constitutional law at the University of Auckland.
Photo: University of Auckland
Raising the Bar was recorded in association with the University of Auckland
