Story: Economic thought

Horse to water

Horse to water

Economists are often at odds with government economic policy and their advice is frequently ignored. This cartoon shows Frank Holmes, an economist at Victoria University, who was chair of the New Zealand Planning Council. He is shown explaining to the New Zealand public the reluctance of the horse (Prime Minister Robert Muldoon) to take up the council’s advice.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-289-027
Cartoon by Sid Scales

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Gary Hawke, 'Economic thought - Global economic thinking', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/cartoon/22322/horse-to-water (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Gary Hawke, published 11 Mar 2010