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The week that was to Oct 2Listen now (64 min) | Including the weekly 'hoon' podcast with Bernard Hickey, co-host Peter Bale & guest Robert Patman, looking at the Baltic gas explosions, the UK's financial implosion, and the RNZ/TVNZ merger
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Ask Me Anything about the week to Sept 30It’s that time of the week where I’m on site for an hour trying to answer questions from paying subscribers about the news and issues in geo-pol…
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Dawn Chorus: TOP's tax switch pitchListen now (7 min) | TOP proposes 0.75% land-tax-for-income-tax switch focused on cutting tax under $15k and cancelling $2b of MSD debt; Nearly 20% of 'ghost home' owners expect to leave homes unused next year
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Dawn Chorus: Baltic explosions and British implosionsListen now (12 min) | NATO tells Russia it'll defend infrastructure with military means after gas pipe sabotage; Medvedev thinks NATO wouldn't respond if Russia nuked Ukraine; Truss eyes spending cuts to go with tax cuts
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Bank of England bails out pension funds and pays for tax cuts for Britain's richestListen now (28 min) | Bank of England, which is supposed to be fighting inflation, restarts money printing to stabilise markets so £1.5t of pension…
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Dawn Chorus: The bond vigilantes are back to take down Truss' gilt-edged tax cuts for the richListen now (12 min) | Debt-funded tax cut plan for Britain's rich beggars belief of global investors; Pound hits record low, forcing Bank of England to…
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The week that was for the week to Sept 25Listen now (60 min) | Including our first anniversary 'hoon' with Bernard Hickey, co-host Peter Bale, ANZ's Chief Economist Sharon Zollner, Otago Uni's…
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We made it! The stoats didn't get us. A year ago, we turned on the paywall & hoped it might generate a liveable income. It has & we're grateful. Join us…
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A 'reverse currency war' just broke outListen now (18 min) | The world's reserve currency is surging because US interest rates are rising faster than others, which exports inflation & risks…
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The Fed pledges to keep rates higher for longerListen now (15 min) | Fed hikes 75 bps and sees key rate up another 100 bps to around 4.4% by end of 2022; It also sees it stuck up at 4.6% by end of…
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First home buyers returning, but too soon?Listen now (10 min) | Brokers report first home buyers returning after slight mortgage rate drop; However, ANZ jumps ahead of rest and hikes key fixed…
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National wobbling on Townhouse Nation densification pactListen now (12 min) | Bishop says National 'open to sensible changes' to bi-partisan densification pact, which faces a massive centre-right backlash…
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