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Why NZ’s public sector wage freeze ignores the lessons of history

  • Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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With 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.

Robert MuldoonFormer prime minister Robert Muldoon in 1981.CC BY

As finance minister in the Holyoake government (1960-72) and later as prime minister (1975-81), he knew how tempting –...

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