Journal of Economic Growth Volume 4, No 1, Winter 1989-90, p.14-18.
Keywords: Growth & Innovation; Macroeconomics & Money;
The economy of New Zealand first .surged forward under the Labour government, with registered unemployment falling from around 64 thousand at the time the new government took office in July 1984 to about 50 thousand a year later. As the restructuring took effect and firms dependent upon subsidies closed down, unemployment began to increase. By the end of 1989 it was close to 150 thousand with little prospect of significant reductions.
The Economics of the Commerce Act. Ed A. Bollard (NZIER Research Monograph 52, October 1989) Chapter 4, p.66-88.
Keywords: Business & Finance;
4.1 Introduction
The merger provisions of the Commerce Act 1986 contain a two stage test for refusal. Section 66 subsection 7 states that the Commerce Commission shall give clearance unless it is satisfied that the merger or takeover would result in any person acquiring a dominant position in a market or strengthening an already dominant position.
Chapter 4 The Making of Rogernomics (AUP, 1989) pp.92-113.
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;
Beginning the run [1]
Whatever the political reasons for the calling of a snap election on Thursday 14 June 1984, there were many who thought that important factors were the state of the economy, the difficulty of locking up the Budget given the size of the deficit, the monetary stance, and the uncertainties of exchange rate policy.
Listener: 1 April, 1989
Keywords: Statistics;
The basic message in Marilyn Waring’s book Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women are Worth is correct, as those of us who worked on related problems in the early 1970s are well aware.
The economist’s account of the world is a limited one, ignoring very important phenomena. Waring [...]
