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Max Rashbrooke is a Wellington-based writer and public intellectual, with twin interests in economic inequality and democratic renewal. His books include Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand, Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action and Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, all published by Bridget Williams Books. A senior research fellow (adjunct) at Victoria University’s School of Government, he pens a fortnightly column for both The Post and The Spinoff, writes for international outlets including the Guardian, and is a frequent commentator in the New Zealand media. He has recently helped launch IDEA, the Institute for Democratic and Economic Analysis, a new public policy think-tank. His TED.com talk on upgrading democracy has been viewed 1.5m times.