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    Ruthanasia, a portmanteau of "Ruth" and "euthanasia", is the pejorative name (typically used by opponents) given to the period of free-market policies...
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  • and formed the catalyst of her economic reforms known in the media as "Ruthanasia". Richardson was a member of a wing of the National Party that emphasised...
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    major macroeconomic restructuring (known first as Rogernomics and then Ruthanasia), rapidly transforming New Zealand from a protectionist and highly regulated...
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    neoliberal actions of Ruth Richardson, his Minister of Finance, were termed Ruthanasia by the media, and her Mother of all Budgets in 1991 caused huge protests...
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  • believing that Douglas had not gone far enough. Her policies—dubbed "Ruthanasia"— encouraged two MPs to leave the National Party and form the Liberal...
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    had sacked Peters from his cabinet in 1991 over Peters' objections to Ruthanasia. However. no major issues surfaced between them. Growing opposition to...
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    the catalyst for her party's economic reforms known in the media as "Ruthanasia". Richardson was a lawyer by profession. She was elected as the Member...
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  • extensive programme of spending cuts. This programme, popularly known as "Ruthanasia" after Finance Minister Ruth Richardson, involved the reduction of social...
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    the Opposition Shadow Cabinet Prime Minister Fourth National Government Ruthanasia Mother of all Budgets Sealord deal 1993 MMP referendum Tainui settlement...
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  • he publicly criticised National's economic policy, colloquially dubbed Ruthanasia. Spearheaded by Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson, National arguably...
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    policies known as (after National's finance minister Ruth Richardson) as Ruthanasia, which marked a fundamental break with the more interventionist policies...
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  • Rashism, from Russia and fascism Republicant, from Republican and can't Ruthanasia, from Ruth Richardson and euthanasia squirearchy, from squire and hierarchy...
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    requirements in hospitals and schools. These reforms became known derisively as Ruthanasia. By this time, New Zealand's economy faced serious social problems; the...
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    foreign ownership policies, particularly the neoliberal reforms known as Ruthanasia. Leaving the National Party in 1993, Peters briefly served as an independent...
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  • to their quality. The policies of Ruth Richardson, sometimes called "Ruthanasia", were a continuation of Rogernomics. Richardson served as Finance Minister...
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  • which formed the catalyst of her economic reforms known in the media as "Ruthanasia". Nicola Willis, the current Minister for Finance, also attended Canterbury...
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    economic reforms of the previous Labour government, in what was known as Ruthanasia. Unhappy with what seemed to be a pattern of governments failing to reflect...
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    Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements Policies Think Big Rogernomics Ruthanasia Working for Families Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi New Zealand...
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    his predecessors (Roger Douglas's "Rogernomics" and Ruth Richardson's "Ruthanasia") had focused on "fruitless, theoretical debates" when "people just want...
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  • MPs. Myles and McIntyre were opponents of the economic reforms (dubbed "Ruthanasia") promoted by Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson, believing that they...
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  • dissatisfied with the monetarist policy of Ruth Richardson, known as Ruthanasia, which the fourth National Government was following. In 1991 MacIntyre...
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    government, particularly Ruth Richardson's continuation of Rogernomics (Ruthanasia). In regard to leaving Labour in 1989, he later recalled: "I have no regrets...
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    Zealand were divested by the fourth National government as part of the Ruthanasia free market economic policies of that government. Radio New Zealand Commercial...
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    after the severe effects of the neoliberal reforms of Rogernomics and Ruthanasia. After three elections in a row in which the parties that won power broke...
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  • Fourth Labour Government—this continuation of Rogernomics was called Ruthanasia. The economic structure introduced by Roger Douglas has remained essentially...
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  • welfare state until the early 1990s when new neo-liberal policies (labeled Ruthanasia) superseded much of the surviving policies of the First Labour Government...
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    free public services. As a result, these policies were widely known as "Ruthanasia" after Finance Minister Ruth Richardson, although the welfare portfolio...
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    National Government of New Zealand (in a style that became known as "Ruthanasia"). In 1993, Douglas co-founded the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers...
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  • boom, 1951 Black Budget, 1958 Think Big, 1979–84 Rogernomics, 1984–90 Ruthanasia, 1990–93 Mother of all Budgets, 1991 Leaky homes crisis, 2000s Finance...
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  • Myles in objecting to the monetarist policy of Ruth Richardson, known as Ruthanasia, which the fourth National Government was following. He voted against...
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