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Ruth's Whirlpool
Cartoon shows Ruth Richardson, her head and eyes covered with a headpiece and her hand in a glove connected to a machine labelled "Virtual recovery". Refers to her constant claims of an economic recovery and to computer-assisted virtual reality
Author: Chris Slane
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File state: Final
Cartoon size: 8.7 Mpixels (25 MB uncompressed) - 3364x2597 pixels (11.2x8.7 in / 28.5x22 cm at 300 ppi)
Cartoon keywords: austerity, Cartoon, Cartoons, cuts, down, graphics, gurgler, illustration, market, Mother of all Budgets, National, neo-liberal, New Zealand, NZPOL, political, Rogernomic, Ruth Richardson, Ruthernomics, spending
Published in: Political Cartoons 1980s-90s
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