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The market is not our master — only state-led business cooperation will drive real economic recovery

  • Written by: Jonathan Baker, Lecturer in Business Strategy, Auckland University of Technology
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Like the coronavirus itself, joblessness can act as a pestilence on a society.

People who would have otherwise gone to their local restaurant, hairdresser, café or bar, taken a holiday in Queenstown or Taupo, or chosen to buy New Zealand lamb or beef in the supermarket, will stop spending.

In turn, the owners and...

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