New Zealand
Thinner than it should be, but not one book. New Zealand ran the most abrupt liberalisation of any OECD economy in 1984-90, redesigned its public sector, and invented central bank inflation targeting. Easton is the economic historian of record, Kelsey the critic, Douglas the insider.
6 books
Start here
- Unfinished BusinessRoger Douglas, 1993
- Not in Narrow SeasBrian Easton, 2020
- Public Management: The New Zealand ModelJonathan Boston, John Martin, June Pallot, Pat Walsh, 1996
Books 6
Ben S. Bernanke, Thomas Laubach, Frederic S. Mishkin, Adam S. Posen · 1999 · The framework New Zealand invented in 1989, assessed against later adopters.
Brian Easton · 2020 · The definitive economic history; the long context for the 1984 rupture.
Roger Douglas · 1993 · Insider case for the reforms by the finance minister who forced them through.
Brian Easton · 1996 · The post-war economy through the liberalisation, by its best chronicler.
Jonathan Boston, John Martin, June Pallot, Pat Walsh · 1996 · The state-sector redesign other governments copied; contracts, outputs, accountability.
Jane Kelsey · 1995 · Hostile to the reforms but the fullest record of what was actually done and in what order.