13 Aug 2023

Brett Christopher: Do asset managers own the world?

From Sunday Morning, 10:30 am on 13 August 2023

Following this week’s announcement that the government is to partner with US asset managers, Blackrock in a $2bn green energy fund, we’re joined by political economist and economic geographer, Professor Brett Christophers who is visiting NZ from the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden's Uppsala University.  

He's the author of several books, including Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World. 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: The headquarters of BlackRock stands in Manhattan as hundreds of members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) march to the Manhattan financial company, the largest shareholder in the mining company Warrior Met Coal on November 04, 2021 in New York City. The miners and their supporters held a rally outside of BlackRock in support of over 1,100 UMWA members have been on strike for seven months at Warrior Met Coal over demands for better pay and benefits.   Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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