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The week that was to Feb 4 Listen now (62 min) | Including the weekly Hoon podcast, featuring co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale with special guests Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbrick and Auckland City Councillor Julie Fairey

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Feb 3

The stagnant debates in our hermit kingdom of a political economy Listen now (21 min) | NZ's 'Bread & butter' economics of 'the rising tide lifts all boats' harks back to the stale debates of the 1990s & 2000s, before the world realised this 'third way' of financialised globalism failed

Feb 2

Deep reads on China’s super cows, spongy cities, Siya Kolisi, Simon Upton’s plea to Megan Woods and the US$’s dominance; Substacks of the week; Podcasts on a monumental escape and Stalingrad

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Inside Wayne Brown’s head on Monday night; The problem with building on flood plains; A climate endgame scenario; Academic paper of the day; Spookies, curiosities and feel-goods; Fun things

Feb 1

Dawn Chorus: Classic middle class welfare to win 'Ford Ranger Man'Listen now (25 min) | $2b worth of fuel tax cuts labelled "extremely dumb" policy that benefits the richest most, rather than helping those most in…

Feb 1

Govt extends fuel levy tax cuts again; Soft-ish jobs data pushing expected OCR hike down on the eve of lower Fed hike; Spookies and profundities; The…

Feb 1

Isn't this the rainy day we're supposed to be saving up for?Listen now (14 min) | There is a problem with pursuing a fiscally-neutral approach to climate change spending and investment when the rainy 'day' is…

Feb 1

Dusk Chorus: Mahuta and Little demoted Listen now (10 min) | Hipkins gives Local Government to McAnulty and Health to Verrall after demoting Mahuta and Little; Woods gets Infrastructure and…

Jan 31

Brown moans to 'Grumpy Old Men' tennis mates about having to cancel tennis game to deal with media on Friday's flood day; EU rolls up its sleeves to…

Jan 30

Dawn Chorus: Why 2023 will be a year of indecision & delay Listen now (28 min) | Ministerial reshuffle, 'low target' policy platforms, close election and still-broken financial relations with councils set to…

Jan 30

Ministry closes Auckland schools to minimise traffic while repairs are done; Brown & NZTA order inquiries into flood failures; Kiwibank cuts key…

Jan 30

TLDR: Here’s the key news links and useful longer reads I’ve spotted since 4 am this morning, including: calls for a more ‘spongey’ urban infrastructure…

Jan 29

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