The tragedy with this poorly written AM radio rant of a book is that it fails to bring either the level of analysis or the quality of research and insight that would shed light on what is a legitimate problem - namely that consultants (like the authors), governments, and certain aboriginal elites are recreating the conditions that require their services to the detriment of the poor.
The author's argument that aboriginals need to get white to get rich has no grounding in any successful theory of development and is a throwback to the worst aspects of 19th century thinking.
The author's unadulterated denigration of traditional knowledge is unfortunate given the history of… Read more
