Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies—New Zealand and the United States—with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these elements take different forms, because constellations of value are far apart. The dream of living free is America's Polaris; fairness and natural justice are New Zealand's Southern Cross.

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