Originally Posted by
westerly
Moka, ignore Jonu and Blackcap who I suspect, given their undying support of the biggest joke to come out of the US since the Marx bothers, are Republicans who have lost their way and found themselves in NZ.
Milton Freidman and the Chicago School of Economics originated in the seventies and became prominent with Regan and Thatcher.
You are quite correct to say NZ had a better standard of living in the seventies, maybe not materially but socially.
State Advances offered finance for first home builders and developers catered to the market building modest homes on bare sections. Totally different nowdays.
westerly