摘要：The 1990s will surely be viewed as a golden period of economic growth for Australia. Against a backdrop of macroeconomic stability, productivity soared and average real incomes reached historical highs. Her Kiwi cousins look across the Tasman with bewilderment tinged with envy. Even discounting mineral wealth, Australia seems to have been successful in creating unprecedented economic prosperity on the back of policy reforms that, while similar in large measure to those adopted in New Zealand, have apparently yielded greater dividends
