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The recovery you want has been further delayed
The government will be desperate to tell a story that things have improved. The data tells us that we have spent two years regressing. Let’s not make it…
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The Bill English Trick
We need to find new ways to invest in ourselves – not new ways to asset strip our existing holdings.
Oct 12, 2025
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A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy
The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s…
Oct 6, 2025
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Open Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Our current economic approach is causing real harm. We need to change track
Oct 4, 2025
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Craig Renney
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Ganesh R Ahirao
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Susan St John
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Suzanne Snively
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Rob Campbell
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Edward Miller
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Tim Hazeldine
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Ralph Chapman
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Stephen poletti
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Tayla Forward
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adrianslackman
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Andrea Black
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Gail Duncan MRSNZ
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Geoff Bertram
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Bill Rosenberg
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Max Harris
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Toby Moore
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Jarrod Haar
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Matt Roskruge
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Diane Ruwhiu
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Pipeline to poverty
The TV show Utopia is meant to be satire - not an instruction manual
Sep 9, 2025
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On the cusp. Nearly there. All the time.
Our recovery from the 2024 recession keeps being delayed
Aug 26, 2025
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Shoulder Pads, Telethons and Fiscal Policy. The Treasury thinks the 80s are back
Let's actively shape our future economy, rather than passively watch it shape us.
Aug 11, 2025
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Its not 1931, but it feels like it
Economists aren't often given to feeling hope.
Jul 14, 2025
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Craig Renney
Economist and Director of Policy at the CTU - writing in a personal capacity
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