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Kōrero: Economic thought

Bernard Ashwin retires

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Bernard Ashwin retires

Minister of Finance J. T. Watts (right) meets retiring Secretary to the Treasury Bernard Ashwin (left). In the middle is the new Secretary to the Treasury E. L. Greensmith. Bernard Ashwin was secretary of the treasury from 1939 to 1955. From the 1930s economists increasingly found a career path in the public service.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection

Reference: 1/2-027633; F

by E. Woollett

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Gary Hawke, Economic thought – 1930s economic depression, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22311/bernard-ashwin-retires (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gary Hawke, i tāngia i te 18 May 2010.