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Opinion
Analysis
Cameron Bagrie: Political promises, populist politics and fiscal reality
Populism driven announcements chasing votes are rife.
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Economy
Cameron Bagrie: Beware: Politicians are offering us a pocketful of candy
The rise of populism politics is becoming a plague.
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Economy
Cameron Bagrie: There's an elephant in the China shop
The deeper challenge with China is the arm-wrestle with the US.
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Finance
Cameron Bagrie: Banks get lots of profit for not much expense
The Commerce Commission's probe into the big four banks ignores 60% of their profits.