Under the Phibun regime, the "Thai-ification" of the economy went considerably further, and the main architect of this policy was none other than the new Finance Minister, Pridi, who "inaugurated a scheme of wholesale and rapid innovations Within months of the government assuming power, new laws were drawn up which saw such areas as the production and distribution of petroleum products, tobacco manufacture, the sale of salt and birds' nests, the butchering of livestock and taxi driving become the province of Thai nationals.