Reform Policy in NZ. Ross Wilson to German Employers

A Speech by Ross Wilson, President, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions to the Federal Association of German Employer Associations.

In one traumatic decade, from 1985 to 1995, the social and economic structure of New Zealand was torn apart and replaced by a new order. The changes were an almost pure application of conventional New Right ideology, described in a quote used by the OECD as one of the most notable episodes of liberalisation that history has to offer.

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