Tag: A Rent Seeker’s Paradise
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A Rent Seeker’s Paradise featured in the annual panto
It was very nice to know that A Rent Seeker’s Paradise was mentioned during this year’s panto at the Manoel Theatre. The book was Malta’s best-seller for at least six months after it was released. It is also not common to have book references in Maltese theatre and television productions. So, I think that I…
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Some dynamics of the one-party state
Here are some facts which have emerged from my constitutional case against my successor at the National Book Council. The facts have emerged in the testimony given by National Book Council’s book critic, Mark Vella. The case is about the Book Council’s refusal to review my book, “A Rent Seeker’s Paradise”, on political grounds, and…
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This is the court testimony of the Executive Chairman of the National Book Council in the constitutional case
Last June I opened a constitutional case against the National Book Council for declining its reviewer’s request to review my book, A Rent Seeker’s Paradise. This case will be only one of a series of cases against my successor and the Minister of Education on the political take-over of the National Book Council, and in…