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Story: Economic thought

A view of economists

Economists and economics have long been a target for cartoonists. This 1977 Sid Scales cartoon features ‘Thinkman’, a character who looks suspiciously like Finance Minister and Prime Minister at the time, Robert Muldoon.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-289-012

by Sid Scales

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Gary Hawke, Economic thought – Wakefield and the economics of colonies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/22290/a-view-of-economists (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gary Hawke, published 18 May 2010.