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Robert Morgan, in his first year as a lecturer at a New Zealand university, finds that there is something disturbing about his senior colleagues. Some of them are unimpressive, but the key point is the limited accountability for their duplicity, which is compounded by their strenuous efforts to protect each other.
It is the mid-1980s, so there is no internet and no e-mail. There are no mobile telephones. Most communications, including between immediate colleagues, are put in pigeonholes. Political events, including the government’s “more‑market” policies, are difficult to ignore.
Every incident in this story is inspired by an incident that the author remembers, although names (and other details) have been changed to protect the guilty.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jerry Mushin held academic posts for forty-five years until he retired in 2015. He also taught in a prison, a police training college, government departments, and for professional bodies.
His academic writing, which is principally in the areas of monetary policy and exchange rates, has been published in Australia, Greece, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, UK, and United States. He is the author of undergraduate textbooks, a memoir, a novel, and children’s stories. A Chinese translation of one of his textbooks has been published in Beijing. He has contributed articles to newspapers in several countries and to the Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History.