'LONG SLOW BOOM'?: MANUFACTURING IN NEW ZEALAND, 1945-70

Jim McAloon

Australian Economic History Review, 2006, vol. 46, issue 1, pages 45-69

Abstract: Many studies of post-war New Zealand economy are highly critical both of economic policy and of the business sector, emphasising protection, complacency and sclerosis. This article argues that such accounts are excessively simplistic and, by analysing the structure and performance of New Zealand manufacturing during 1945-70, suggests that there was considerable innovation in both technological and organisational spheres. The result was that, to a greater extent than current accounts allow, New Zealand manufacturing pursued efficiency and international competitiveness. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd and the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand 2006.

Date: 2006

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