Why NZ’s public sector wage freeze ignores the lessons of history
- Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
www.shutterstock.comWith the government facing a serious backlash over its public sector wage freeze policy, that sound you hear could be the ghost of Rob Muldoon chuckling.
Former prime minister Robert Muldoon in 1981.CC BYAs finance minister in the Holyoake government (1960-72) and later as prime minister (1975-81), he knew how tempting –...
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