Economic Fundamentalism
- ISBN-10
- 0745310435
- ISBN-13
- 9780745310435
- Category
- Economic stabilization
- Pages
- 407
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Pluto Press (UK)
- Author
- Jane Kelsey
Description
In 1984 the New Zealand Labour government became the first developed Western economy to make a systematic attempt at "structural adjustment". This book examines the process through which this experiment took place, and what it has meant for the country's economic, political and cultural life.
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- 1995-12-15
- 408 pages
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