Dr Robert Mann taught Biochemistry in the University of Auckland and then became its first and last Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies. In retirement he now works mainly on appropriate technology.
On the Decline and Possible Resurgence of the Decent Society
1 February 1997
The social vision associated with the name Walter Nash, or for present purposes Jack Marshall, has crumbled. The most secure and decent high culture, which flowered for some decades, is now on almost every measure except GNP in rapid decline2.