Michael Bassett
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton
- Date de naissance
- 1938-08-28
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- New Zealand
- Lieu de naissance
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Études
- Owairaka School
Dilworth School
Mt Albert Grammar School
University of Auckland
Duke University - Professions
- Member of Parliament
biographer
Cabinet Minister - Organisations
- University of Auckland
Georgetown University
University of Western Ontario - Prix et distinctions
- QSO
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 17
- Membres
- 81
- Popularité
- #222,754
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 27
My only caution is that readers should probably explore other accounts of the period to gain different perspectives on aspects such as the rise of the financial sector (not all healthy for New Zealand), differing assessments of the merits and methods of asset sales (telecommunications for example handed a monopoly to a private operator which has done a lot of damage over the years) and to gain a broader understanding of the benefits and costs of this process of reform which continued after the end of this book.
The family history at the beginning may not be interesting to all readers, but overall the detail, personality assessments and even the photographs make this a good read.… (plus d'informations)