The market is not our master — only state-led business cooperation will drive real economic recovery
- Written by Jonathan Baker, Lecturer in Business Strategy, Auckland University of Technology
Like the coronavirus itself, joblessness can act as a pestilence on a society.
People who would have otherwise gone to their local restaurant, hairdresser, café or bar, taken a holiday in Queenstown or Taupo, or chosen to buy New Zealand lamb or beef in the supermarket, will stop spending.
In turn, the owners and...