This special section of the Joint Methodist-Presbyterian Public Questions Committee website focuses on the effects of the reforms that have swept over the country in the last 15 years like a biblical plague. The Committee is concerned that economic missionaries are travelling from Aotearoa New Zealand to other countries that have yet to be converted to the ideology of economic rationalism. In their sermons to foreign governments they will inevitably argue that salvation is only possible if they follow a monetarist line, privatise their assets, deregulate their economy, lower tariffs and so on. The following resources are available to the opponents of economic rationalism world-wide so that they can challenge the statement which echoes around the world: "These reforms have earned New Zealand economic success and so we will do the same." Other Websites NZCTU Research Papers and Reports Articles and Other Information New Zealand "experiment" a colossal failure by Jane Kelsey The Myth of NZ's Miracle Economy by Malcolm Fraser Economic Reform in New Zealand: Comment by Paul Dalziel NZ, from Welfare State to Market Society French English New Zealand 1995: a Miracle Economy? by Keith Rankin Was the Economic Pain Really Worth It? by Karl du Fresne The Act of Poverty Campaign Information Sheet Alternatives Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Tips on How to Oppose Corporate Rule by Jane Kelsey ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Back to Home