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Ruthanasia
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English
Etymology
en Ruth euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
Noun
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en slang pejorative New Zealand politics The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
en 1991 New Statesman Society 4 Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.
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