The politics and economics of wool marketing, 1950-2000

Bob Richardson

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2001, vol. 45, issue 01, 21

Abstract: The history of marketing, research, development policies and intervention in marketing of the wool clip is reviewed from the perspective of an insider. The overall theme is that politics took over comprehensively from clear economic policy advice on wool marketing in the past 50 years and woolgrowers paid a high price for this. The idea of ‘integrated marketing’ including an export monopoly, a buffer stock scheme and coordinated promotion and R&D, collectively a strong interventionist philosophy, has waxed and waned. Having borne most of the costs of these failed policies, remaining woolgrowers can now look forward to a market less distorted by political interference.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.117383

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