Subsidies at Their Maximum and Their Death

David Hall ()

Chapter Chapter 14 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 201-221 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Federation recognised Government inflationary policies, including increased support for farming, endangered the overall country’s economy. Federated Farmers pressed its ideas on economic reform and the Finance Minister, Roger Douglas, in a new Government agreed with those ideas and his first step was removing most assistance for farming. But other changes recommended by the Federation, such as liberalising import licensing to reduce farming costs, took place more leisurely. ‘Rogernomics’—removing farming subsidies without reducing farming costs caused a short-term disaster for the rural community. Farming leaders led farmers’ militancy in a campaign known as the ‘Roar from the Hills’. But the urban public’s perception was different, farmers were seen as a privileged group who could bear their changed economic circumstances.

Keywords: Farmer support for neoliberalism; Removing farm subsidies; Disaster for the rural community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_14

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