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From Wool to Weta : Transforming New Zealand's Culture and Economy.

New Zealand has built its economy around natural resources - exporting wool, wood, meat and dairy and importing tourists. But can that economy sustain us in the twenty-first century? From the second most prosperous country on earth fifty years ago, New Zealand has slipped to the bottom half of the O...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Callaghan, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:New Zealand has built its economy around natural resources - exporting wool, wood, meat and dairy and importing tourists. But can that economy sustain us in the twenty-first century? From the second most prosperous country on earth fifty years ago, New Zealand has slipped to the bottom half of the OECD rankings in everything from wealth to life expectancy. Whether to London or Los Angeles, nearly a million New Zealanders have moved abroad in search of better opportunities. If we are to turn around those trends, what is the alternative? In this book, physicist Paul Callaghan talks to.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (269 pages)
ISBN:9781775580744
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