# Roger Douglas Back to [[Economic Freedom and Prosperity]] · [[Case Studies/New Zealand]] **Role:** NZ Minister of Finance, 1984–88 - Labour politician (b. 1937) ◻, later co-founder of the ACT party (1993) ◻. - "Rogernomics": floated the dollar (1985), removed farm subsidies, began tariff cuts, corporatised state departments (SOE Act 1986), and introduced GST (1986) ◻. - Fired in 1988 after a clash with PM David Lange over a flat-tax proposal ◻. Ruth Richardson continued the reforms under National, 1990–93 ◻. Key: ✔ confirmed this session · ◻ standard knowledge, not opened this session · ⚠️ unconfirmed.